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 September 2012 August 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 356,497 547,115 400,920 631,875 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,196 1,037 996 912 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,255 21,562 14,662 13,695 Wire Rods 4,260 3,792 7,499 6,635 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,598 4,980 2,531 2,623 Plates Cut Lengths 16,844 25,086 17,544 23,967 Plates In Coils 9,586 8,320 18,265 16,121 Rails Standard 963 1,044 1,125 1,488 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,415 71,758 77,618 87,219 Bars - Light Shaped 3,514 2,874 1,913 1,558 Bars - Cold Finished 6,193 14,885 6,650 16,868 Tool Steel 10,293 30,897 16,499 42,597 Standard Pipe 10,042 14,678 2,684 6,663 Oil Country Goods 79,591 148,307 95,868 182,211 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,782 23,888 25,942 37,182 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,292 2,632 4,251 10,489 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,095 4,212 1,207 1,710 Mechanical Tubing 19,665 47,156 23,231 53,633 Pressure Tubing 877 2,746 3,380 10,021 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 452 2,155 379 1,623 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,650 4,404 2,166 8,935 Pipe For Piling 55 54 96 96 Wire Drawn 9,737 17,234 10,983 20,489 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,042 10,856 11,028 11,494 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,867 23,838 20,788 26,230 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,776 32,026 20,564 23,855 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,317 1,577 3,976 3,502 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,241 15,380 7,957 15,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 139 700 164 892 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,759 9,039 956 3,683 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 409,180 646,336 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,101 1,038 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,745 13,837 Wire Rods 7,499 6,635 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,534 2,626 Plates Cut Lengths 18,084 24,959 Plates In Coils 18,265 16,121 Rails Standard 1,127 1,492 Bars - Hot Rolled 79,502 90,587 Bars - Light Shaped 1,923 1,566 Bars - Cold Finished 6,672 16,925 Tool Steel 17,301 43,904 Standard Pipe 3,220 7,545 Oil Country Goods 98,167 186,081 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,942 37,182 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,268 10,522 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,207 1,710 Mechanical Tubing 23,567 54,365 Pressure Tubing 3,449 10,396 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 379 1,626 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,166 8,935 Pipe For Piling 96 96 Wire Drawn 11,058 20,703 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,065 11,526 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,790 26,236 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,873 24,214 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,310 3,957 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,730 16,842 Strip - Hot Rolled 164 892 Strip - Cold Rolled 978 3,819 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2011 August 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 335,035 517,181 334,066 550,570 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,803 1,443 1,206 1,078 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,908 17,321 18,718 18,070 Wire Rods 7,054 6,799 5,018 5,229 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,900 6,771 8,996 10,444 Plates Cut Lengths 22,652 32,105 22,394 35,391 Plates In Coils 21,926 21,537 11,561 13,357 Rails Standard 2,285 2,559 1,273 1,596 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,269 77,635 55,135 76,130 Bars - Light Shaped 1,813 1,719 1,894 1,868 Bars - Cold Finished 9,919 21,422 9,646 21,595 Tool Steel 10,243 32,073 14,778 42,449 Standard Pipe 2,137 4,678 2,148 5,214 Oil Country Goods 64,603 114,378 75,191 144,789 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 26,322 35,917 27,854 35,847 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 675 1,603 356 846 Line Pipe - Not Specified 537 627 1,387 1,656 Mechanical Tubing 16,164 35,961 13,113 32,080 Pressure Tubing 1,267 3,295 2,197 6,852 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 505 2,530 525 2,334 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,814 7,922 2,068 5,898 Pipe For Piling 36 41 67 84 Wire Drawn 7,244 13,809 7,854 15,304 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,435 13,704 8,877 11,525 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,132 15,569 12,555 15,501 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,029 17,466 12,828 13,348 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,929 2,676 5,045 6,446 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,569 15,055 8,865 17,385 Strip - Hot Rolled 208 1,448 203 1,336 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,656 9,118 2,314 6,919 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 September 2012 (CB-12-202)