Exhibit 1a: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Alloy Steel Products: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding July 2012 June 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 440,902 688,757 417,518 661,997 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,252 1,791 2,475 2,183 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 24,358 21,777 8,998 8,633 Wire Rods 6,931 6,275 6,993 6,652 Structural Shapes Heavy 967 1,031 2,849 3,136 Plates Cut Lengths 20,693 31,327 21,854 30,256 Plates In Coils 40,674 33,776 11,815 10,474 Rails Standard 3,271 3,725 3,718 4,036 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,233 91,138 85,285 95,954 Bars - Light Shaped 2,350 2,050 2,294 2,114 Bars - Cold Finished 8,609 19,565 7,123 17,124 Tool Steel 13,107 40,146 11,413 35,537 Standard Pipe 2,521 6,265 3,910 7,980 Oil Country Goods 90,448 185,923 112,193 221,447 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,738 44,750 18,092 27,255 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,884 3,410 1,121 1,742 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,887 17,542 7,879 11,159 Mechanical Tubing 17,471 46,742 20,777 47,802 Pressure Tubing 2,559 7,524 3,848 10,308 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 378 1,707 660 3,118 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,197 8,675 1,187 4,671 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 30 53 Wire Drawn 10,875 20,138 11,351 20,717 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,483 19,012 10,541 10,694 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,880 25,844 21,473 24,742 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,076 23,943 23,543 26,635 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 782 1,022 5,742 6,509 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,069 14,854 7,465 15,042 Strip - Hot Rolled 276 1,145 139 516 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,933 7,661 2,749 5,508 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 434,018 690,836 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,475 2,183 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,201 8,960 Wire Rods 6,993 6,652 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,863 3,150 Plates Cut Lengths 21,854 30,256 Plates In Coils 11,815 10,474 Rails Standard 3,726 4,048 Bars - Hot Rolled 87,483 98,506 Bars - Light Shaped 2,341 2,167 Bars - Cold Finished 7,220 17,544 Tool Steel 13,483 38,621 Standard Pipe 5,447 9,675 Oil Country Goods 118,865 235,249 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,092 27,255 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,121 1,742 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,889 11,172 Mechanical Tubing 23,727 53,425 Pressure Tubing 3,856 10,346 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 662 3,132 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,346 5,052 Pipe For Piling 30 53 Wire Drawn 11,503 21,048 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,590 10,740 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,702 24,941 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,600 26,703 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,742 6,509 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,503 15,149 Strip - Hot Rolled 139 516 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,751 5,568 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2011 June 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 355,550 572,862 361,988 565,296 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,540 1,474 1,935 1,931 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,115 22,067 12,149 12,720 Wire Rods 7,082 6,770 6,315 5,773 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,550 8,106 9,868 9,792 Plates Cut Lengths 24,184 34,217 28,623 42,229 Plates In Coils 13,567 13,473 21,067 22,944 Rails Standard 3,827 4,500 1,095 1,437 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,967 97,431 70,100 87,622 Bars - Light Shaped 2,494 2,226 2,312 2,101 Bars - Cold Finished 6,325 16,331 11,315 23,195 Tool Steel 13,628 42,112 12,449 39,642 Standard Pipe 6,089 9,485 3,586 8,014 Oil Country Goods 74,166 139,636 65,105 119,029 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,941 8,899 18,638 25,824 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 52 143 398 699 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5,605 7,340 1,486 1,875 Mechanical Tubing 15,971 38,784 16,577 38,903 Pressure Tubing 2,932 8,166 2,286 5,614 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 467 2,483 614 2,560 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,479 5,285 1,991 6,554 Pipe For Piling 3 3 7 11 Wire Drawn 9,493 17,659 8,470 16,465 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,674 22,479 18,456 25,132 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,188 20,201 19,718 23,751 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 10,563 11,349 12,443 13,673 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,477 6,430 4,252 5,193 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,304 16,290 7,074 13,643 Strip - Hot Rolled 384 1,427 170 483 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,484 8,096 3,488 8,487 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.ht ml. CONTACT: For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary July 2012 (CB-12-130)