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 August 2012 July 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 400,920 631,875 440,902 688,757 Ingots And Steel For Castings 996 912 2,252 1,791 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,662 13,695 24,358 21,777 Wire Rods 7,499 6,635 6,931 6,275 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,531 2,623 967 1,031 Plates Cut Lengths 17,544 23,967 20,693 31,327 Plates In Coils 18,265 16,121 40,674 33,776 Rails Standard 1,125 1,488 3,271 3,725 Bars - Hot Rolled 77,618 87,219 74,233 91,138 Bars - Light Shaped 1,913 1,558 2,350 2,050 Bars - Cold Finished 6,650 16,868 8,609 19,565 Tool Steel 16,499 42,597 13,107 40,146 Standard Pipe 2,684 6,663 2,521 6,265 Oil Country Goods 95,868 182,211 90,448 185,923 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,942 37,182 29,738 44,750 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,251 10,489 1,884 3,410 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,207 1,710 11,887 17,542 Mechanical Tubing 23,231 53,633 17,471 46,742 Pressure Tubing 3,380 10,021 2,559 7,524 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 379 1,623 378 1,707 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,166 8,935 2,197 8,675 Pipe For Piling 96 96 0 0 Wire Drawn 10,983 20,489 10,875 20,138 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,028 11,494 17,483 19,012 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,788 26,230 21,880 25,844 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,564 23,855 21,076 23,943 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,976 3,502 782 1,022 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,957 15,484 8,069 14,854 Strip - Hot Rolled 164 892 276 1,145 Strip - Cold Rolled 956 3,683 3,933 7,661 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 461,901 722,528 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,270 1,891 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 24,440 21,878 Wire Rods 6,971 6,312 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,125 1,269 Plates Cut Lengths 21,092 31,975 Plates In Coils 40,674 33,776 Rails Standard 3,290 3,759 Bars - Hot Rolled 77,360 95,260 Bars - Light Shaped 2,458 2,151 Bars - Cold Finished 8,811 20,049 Tool Steel 14,360 42,657 Standard Pipe 2,522 6,280 Oil Country Goods 100,281 200,993 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,822 45,040 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,043 3,768 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,887 17,542 Mechanical Tubing 20,985 52,602 Pressure Tubing 2,579 7,647 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 392 1,924 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,223 8,717 Pipe For Piling 0 0 Wire Drawn 11,089 20,486 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,537 19,103 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,920 25,906 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,756 24,891 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 782 1,022 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,739 16,485 Strip - Hot Rolled 319 1,177 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,176 7,969 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2011 July 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 334,066 550,570 355,550 572,862 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,206 1,078 1,540 1,474 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,718 18,070 19,115 22,067 Wire Rods 5,018 5,229 7,082 6,770 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,996 10,444 7,550 8,106 Plates Cut Lengths 22,394 35,391 24,184 34,217 Plates In Coils 11,561 13,357 13,567 13,473 Rails Standard 1,273 1,596 3,827 4,500 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,135 76,130 71,967 97,431 Bars - Light Shaped 1,894 1,868 2,494 2,226 Bars - Cold Finished 9,646 21,595 6,325 16,331 Tool Steel 14,778 42,449 13,628 42,112 Standard Pipe 2,148 5,214 6,089 9,485 Oil Country Goods 75,191 144,789 74,166 139,636 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,854 35,847 5,941 8,899 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 356 846 52 143 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,387 1,656 5,605 7,340 Mechanical Tubing 13,113 32,080 15,971 38,784 Pressure Tubing 2,197 6,852 2,932 8,166 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 525 2,334 467 2,483 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,068 5,898 1,479 5,285 Pipe For Piling 67 84 3 3 Wire Drawn 7,854 15,304 9,493 17,659 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,877 11,525 18,674 22,479 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,555 15,501 16,188 20,201 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,828 13,348 10,563 11,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,045 6,446 5,477 6,430 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,865 17,385 8,304 16,290 Strip - Hot Rolled 203 1,336 384 1,427 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,314 6,919 2,484 8,096 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)