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 October 2012 September 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 372,653 587,452 356,497 547,115 Ingots And Steel For Castings 990 1,292 1,196 1,037 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,440 2,887 25,255 21,562 Wire Rods 7,140 6,127 4,260 3,792 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,036 5,025 4,598 4,980 Plates Cut Lengths 30,971 42,543 16,844 25,086 Plates In Coils 14,080 11,794 9,586 8,320 Rails Standard 2,279 2,541 963 1,044 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,590 70,506 54,415 71,758 Bars - Light Shaped 1,687 1,548 3,514 2,874 Bars - Cold Finished 6,249 17,434 6,193 14,885 Tool Steel 11,817 38,825 10,293 30,897 Standard Pipe 3,405 6,272 10,042 14,678 Oil Country Goods 81,253 155,985 79,591 148,307 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 26,684 41,639 14,782 23,888 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,264 4,902 1,292 2,632 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 3 4,095 4,212 Mechanical Tubing 18,649 43,161 19,665 47,156 Pressure Tubing 1,944 5,773 877 2,746 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 516 2,653 452 2,155 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,519 4,549 1,650 4,404 Pipe For Piling 32 51 55 54 Wire Drawn 10,096 19,046 9,737 17,234 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,231 16,638 11,042 10,856 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,591 30,218 21,867 23,838 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,893 28,811 28,776 32,026 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,808 4,646 1,317 1,577 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,522 15,470 8,241 15,380 Strip - Hot Rolled 265 881 139 700 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,700 6,232 5,759 9,039 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 370,682 566,559 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,196 1,037 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,255 21,562 Wire Rods 4,260 3,792 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,603 4,984 Plates Cut Lengths 16,867 25,108 Plates In Coils 9,586 8,320 Rails Standard 963 1,044 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,746 73,991 Bars - Light Shaped 3,567 2,933 Bars - Cold Finished 6,318 15,313 Tool Steel 10,616 32,549 Standard Pipe 16,673 21,918 Oil Country Goods 80,499 149,419 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,782 23,888 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,419 2,797 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,095 4,212 Mechanical Tubing 21,080 50,352 Pressure Tubing 877 2,772 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 453 2,159 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,654 4,425 Pipe For Piling 55 54 Wire Drawn 10,172 17,836 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,531 12,847 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,876 23,860 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,951 32,224 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,317 1,577 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,359 15,638 Strip - Hot Rolled 140 714 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,772 9,234 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2011 September 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 414,349 655,969 335,035 517,181 Ingots And Steel For Castings 875 774 1,803 1,443 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 37,190 33,503 14,908 17,321 Wire Rods 7,064 6,732 7,054 6,799 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,766 9,677 5,900 6,771 Plates Cut Lengths 24,866 40,178 22,652 32,105 Plates In Coils 18,789 20,308 21,926 21,537 Rails Standard 719 727 2,285 2,559 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,550 95,990 59,269 77,635 Bars - Light Shaped 3,280 3,196 1,813 1,719 Bars - Cold Finished 9,261 21,675 9,919 21,422 Tool Steel 13,413 39,544 10,243 32,073 Standard Pipe 2,793 5,014 2,137 4,678 Oil Country Goods 85,441 156,547 64,603 114,378 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,801 43,804 26,322 35,917 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 375 1,026 675 1,603 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,073 2,521 537 627 Mechanical Tubing 23,054 52,064 16,164 35,961 Pressure Tubing 2,232 6,611 1,267 3,295 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 490 2,652 505 2,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,630 5,595 2,814 7,922 Pipe For Piling 124 124 36 41 Wire Drawn 8,420 16,360 7,244 13,809 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,890 24,763 11,435 13,704 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,570 19,985 12,132 15,569 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,463 16,107 17,029 17,466 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,626 2,039 1,929 2,676 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,714 18,239 9,569 15,055 Strip - Hot Rolled 241 1,440 208 1,448 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,637 8,775 2,656 9,118 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 October 2012 (CB-12-220)