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 December 2012 November 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 353,298 506,458 349,354 514,457 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,970 1,676 1,552 1,338 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,637 10,369 12,819 11,228 Wire Rods 6,248 5,277 8,213 6,962 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,294 2,383 2,147 2,183 Plates Cut Lengths 18,515 23,566 19,232 29,172 Plates In Coils 13,448 10,284 14,301 11,583 Rails Standard 1,308 1,456 1,321 2,097 Bars - Hot Rolled 77,110 66,286 71,167 78,442 Bars - Light Shaped 1,002 856 1,088 925 Bars - Cold Finished 5,736 14,101 5,342 13,260 Tool Steel 10,781 30,481 10,602 32,320 Standard Pipe 9,283 13,044 4,915 12,501 Oil Country Goods 72,659 141,755 59,035 109,058 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 40,496 61,737 29,395 45,418 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 241 460 220 722 Line Pipe - Not Specified 23 35 470 1,020 Mechanical Tubing 8,769 21,943 12,162 30,863 Pressure Tubing 712 2,388 1,323 4,159 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 934 3,779 571 3,587 Structural Pipe & Tube 942 3,092 1,480 4,464 Pipe For Piling 181 283 22 29 Wire Drawn 7,091 14,164 9,176 16,656 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,755 13,176 21,089 21,631 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,392 26,819 24,603 25,874 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,942 19,547 21,281 23,195 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,972 2,188 2,215 2,699 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,746 8,918 12,141 18,763 Strip - Hot Rolled 263 1,611 81 595 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,848 4,784 1,390 3,712 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 363,396 526,703 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,539 1,213 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,684 11,081 Wire Rods 8,213 6,962 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,168 2,209 Plates Cut Lengths 19,232 29,172 Plates In Coils 14,301 11,583 Rails Standard 1,321 2,097 Bars - Hot Rolled 81,315 84,554 Bars - Light Shaped 1,088 925 Bars - Cold Finished 5,377 13,358 Tool Steel 10,661 32,475 Standard Pipe 6,048 14,199 Oil Country Goods 61,001 111,633 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,594 45,686 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 266 793 Line Pipe - Not Specified 470 1,020 Mechanical Tubing 12,412 31,297 Pressure Tubing 1,324 4,165 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 621 4,039 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,486 4,486 Pipe For Piling 22 29 Wire Drawn 9,207 16,759 Sheets Hot Rolled 21,116 21,653 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,709 25,968 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,333 23,259 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,215 2,699 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,193 18,932 Strip - Hot Rolled 81 595 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,398 3,861 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2011 November 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 323,724 557,817 330,241 542,443 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,786 1,704 1,763 1,694 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,936 15,891 14,790 17,723 Wire Rods 3,197 3,003 4,443 4,255 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,313 6,648 7,170 7,641 Plates Cut Lengths 17,399 27,069 21,981 33,174 Plates In Coils 13,554 11,031 29,040 25,463 Rails Standard 2,150 2,293 545 632 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,354 79,062 57,581 77,665 Bars - Light Shaped 2,680 2,528 2,555 2,575 Bars - Cold Finished 5,844 13,035 10,009 24,159 Tool Steel 13,608 44,684 12,667 40,304 Standard Pipe 3,468 8,889 2,108 5,350 Oil Country Goods 90,345 177,469 62,410 124,275 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,463 2,349 10,953 17,550 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,990 4,623 685 1,833 Line Pipe - Not Specified 196 246 235 275 Mechanical Tubing 20,305 52,955 14,506 37,080 Pressure Tubing 3,951 14,030 3,362 11,349 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 295 1,540 340 1,633 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,985 5,498 2,052 5,932 Pipe For Piling 14 14 18 36 Wire Drawn 8,089 14,554 8,176 15,263 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,290 9,219 14,634 17,656 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,263 17,575 17,138 20,896 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,624 19,702 16,609 19,328 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,375 1,897 1,906 2,689 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,166 11,659 10,599 19,162 Strip - Hot Rolled 41 164 283 757 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,042 8,486 1,684 6,091 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 December 2012 (CB13-11)