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 January 2013 December 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 348,236 511,860 353,298 506,458 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,404 1,580 1,970 1,676 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,920 5,536 11,637 10,369 Wire Rods 7,539 6,559 6,248 5,277 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,398 6,478 2,294 2,383 Plates Cut Lengths 13,408 19,222 18,515 23,566 Plates In Coils 5,973 4,915 13,448 10,284 Rails Standard 2,762 3,208 1,308 1,456 Bars - Hot Rolled 81,138 71,574 77,110 66,286 Bars - Light Shaped 1,315 1,157 1,002 856 Bars - Cold Finished 5,877 14,117 5,736 14,101 Tool Steel 9,948 29,404 10,781 30,481 Standard Pipe 4,099 7,079 9,283 13,044 Oil Country Goods 73,023 137,822 72,659 141,755 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 32,548 48,729 40,496 61,737 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 726 1,218 241 460 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,789 2,248 23 35 Mechanical Tubing 16,281 36,037 8,769 21,943 Pressure Tubing 2,166 6,845 712 2,388 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 592 2,940 934 3,779 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,562 3,875 942 3,092 Pipe For Piling 601 903 181 283 Wire Drawn 9,056 16,752 7,091 14,164 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,963 10,926 12,755 13,176 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,106 26,607 22,392 26,819 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,603 27,929 17,942 19,547 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,988 2,171 1,972 2,188 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,540 12,111 4,746 8,918 Strip - Hot Rolled 177 1,068 263 1,611 Strip - Cold Rolled 734 2,849 1,848 4,784 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,270 520,416 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,988 1,731 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,706 10,532 Wire Rods 6,287 5,312 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,294 2,383 Plates Cut Lengths 18,603 23,665 Plates In Coils 13,448 10,284 Rails Standard 1,308 1,456 Bars - Hot Rolled 80,693 68,839 Bars - Light Shaped 1,002 856 Bars - Cold Finished 5,913 14,643 Tool Steel 11,288 32,578 Standard Pipe 9,839 15,291 Oil Country Goods 73,073 142,440 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 40,496 61,737 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 246 467 Line Pipe - Not Specified 23 35 Mechanical Tubing 9,870 25,407 Pressure Tubing 776 2,654 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 934 3,793 Structural Pipe & Tube 957 3,112 Pipe For Piling 181 283 Wire Drawn 7,437 14,617 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,755 13,176 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,983 27,475 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,206 19,848 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,067 2,268 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,782 9,032 Strip - Hot Rolled 263 1,611 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,852 4,893 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2012 December 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 325,003 528,052 323,724 557,817 Ingots And Steel For Castings 941 1,094 1,786 1,704 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,666 14,166 13,936 15,891 Wire Rods 7,631 7,077 3,197 3,003 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,765 8,972 6,313 6,648 Plates Cut Lengths 20,666 31,617 17,399 27,069 Plates In Coils 11,634 11,554 13,554 11,031 Rails Standard 2,092 2,229 2,150 2,293 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,062 85,413 59,354 79,062 Bars - Light Shaped 4,063 4,040 2,680 2,528 Bars - Cold Finished 9,468 24,424 5,844 13,035 Tool Steel 16,462 47,567 13,608 44,684 Standard Pipe 1,874 4,676 3,468 8,889 Oil Country Goods 56,084 99,374 90,345 177,469 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,115 23,910 1,463 2,349 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,062 5,529 1,990 4,623 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 196 246 Mechanical Tubing 16,819 41,007 20,305 52,955 Pressure Tubing 3,060 8,883 3,951 14,030 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 510 2,349 295 1,540 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,932 6,705 1,985 5,498 Pipe For Piling 45 47 14 14 Wire Drawn 10,758 19,194 8,089 14,554 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,341 17,117 8,290 9,219 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,909 12,949 13,263 17,575 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,702 20,613 18,624 19,702 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,651 2,227 1,375 1,897 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,459 16,797 6,166 11,659 Strip - Hot Rolled 193 814 41 164 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,038 7,707 4,042 8,486 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 January 2013 (CB13-34)