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 November 2012 October 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 349,354 514,457 372,653 587,452 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,552 1,338 990 1,292 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,819 11,228 2,440 2,887 Wire Rods 8,213 6,962 7,140 6,127 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,147 2,183 5,036 5,025 Plates Cut Lengths 19,232 29,172 30,971 42,543 Plates In Coils 14,301 11,583 14,080 11,794 Rails Standard 1,321 2,097 2,279 2,541 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,167 78,442 58,590 70,506 Bars - Light Shaped 1,088 925 1,687 1,548 Bars - Cold Finished 5,342 13,260 6,249 17,434 Tool Steel 10,602 32,320 11,817 38,825 Standard Pipe 4,915 12,501 3,405 6,272 Oil Country Goods 59,035 109,058 81,253 155,985 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,395 45,418 26,684 41,639 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 220 722 2,264 4,902 Line Pipe - Not Specified 470 1,020 (-) 3 Mechanical Tubing 12,162 30,863 18,649 43,161 Pressure Tubing 1,323 4,159 1,944 5,773 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 571 3,587 516 2,653 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,480 4,464 1,519 4,549 Pipe For Piling 22 29 32 51 Wire Drawn 9,176 16,656 10,096 19,046 Sheets Hot Rolled 21,089 21,631 16,231 16,638 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,603 25,874 26,591 30,218 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,281 23,195 25,893 28,811 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,215 2,699 4,808 4,646 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,141 18,763 8,522 15,470 Strip - Hot Rolled 81 595 265 881 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,390 3,712 2,700 6,232 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 375,660 597,938 Ingots And Steel For Castings 992 1,311 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,487 2,988 Wire Rods 7,140 6,127 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,036 5,025 Plates Cut Lengths 30,971 42,543 Plates In Coils 14,080 11,794 Rails Standard 2,279 2,541 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,597 70,553 Bars - Light Shaped 1,687 1,548 Bars - Cold Finished 6,260 17,579 Tool Steel 11,911 39,467 Standard Pipe 3,408 6,282 Oil Country Goods 82,852 163,366 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 26,688 41,646 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 3,028 5,929 Line Pipe - Not Specified 105 336 Mechanical Tubing 18,649 43,161 Pressure Tubing 1,944 5,788 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 575 2,837 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,519 4,549 Pipe For Piling 32 51 Wire Drawn 10,113 19,092 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,270 16,672 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,591 30,218 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,893 28,811 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,904 4,759 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,667 15,773 Strip - Hot Rolled 265 881 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,718 6,311 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2011 October 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,241 542,443 414,349 655,969 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,763 1,694 875 774 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,790 17,723 37,190 33,503 Wire Rods 4,443 4,255 7,064 6,732 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,170 7,641 8,766 9,677 Plates Cut Lengths 21,981 33,174 24,866 40,178 Plates In Coils 29,040 25,463 18,789 20,308 Rails Standard 545 632 719 727 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,581 77,665 68,550 95,990 Bars - Light Shaped 2,555 2,575 3,280 3,196 Bars - Cold Finished 10,009 24,159 9,261 21,675 Tool Steel 12,667 40,304 13,413 39,544 Standard Pipe 2,108 5,350 2,793 5,014 Oil Country Goods 62,410 124,275 85,441 156,547 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 10,953 17,550 29,801 43,804 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 685 1,833 375 1,026 Line Pipe - Not Specified 235 275 2,073 2,521 Mechanical Tubing 14,506 37,080 23,054 52,064 Pressure Tubing 3,362 11,349 2,232 6,611 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 340 1,633 490 2,652 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,052 5,932 1,630 5,595 Pipe For Piling 18 36 124 124 Wire Drawn 8,176 15,263 8,420 16,360 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,634 17,656 19,890 24,763 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,138 20,896 16,570 19,985 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,609 19,328 14,463 16,107 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,906 2,689 1,626 2,039 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,599 19,162 9,714 18,239 Strip - Hot Rolled 283 757 241 1,440 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,684 6,091 2,637 8,775 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 November2012 (CB12-253)