Exhibit 2A: 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 August 2006 August 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,853,916 3,333,570 2,978,148 3,072,002 Ingots And Steel For Castings 18,909 19,505 21,474 19,018 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 290,063 177,231 612,921 399,220 Structural Shapes Heavy 85,962 54,065 86,129 53,883 Plates Cut Lengths 243,817 332,428 234,926 304,221 Plates In Coils 90,936 63,264 77,134 57,388 Rails Standard 13,681 9,644 25,187 16,695 Bars - Hot Rolled 549,625 455,398 546,242 438,610 Bars - Light Shaped 18,021 10,996 13,473 8,119 Bars - Cold Finished 76,306 116,415 99,377 120,343 Tool Steel 111,729 275,266 128,851 301,818 Standard Pipe 9,529 24,512 10,684 22,217 Oil Country Goods 338,414 631,058 260,110 390,106 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 178,372 202,326 115,535 142,277 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,007 20,753 1,224 1,357 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,035 3,298 416 996 Mechanical Tubing 89,609 166,056 86,350 139,104 Pressure Tubing 21,128 71,420 24,065 56,111 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,308 13,655 2,215 9,404 Structural Pipe & Tube 23,987 38,782 13,544 24,836 Pipe For Piling 644 638 1,505 1,416 Wire Drawn 68,968 96,365 69,685 97,364 Sheets Hot Rolled 130,185 100,295 131,339 97,709 Sheets Cold Rolled 172,566 142,306 132,431 108,245 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 190,560 137,549 167,770 112,529 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 44,176 38,308 33,326 30,157 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,006 74,407 54,676 66,172 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,829 3,012 5,434 2,884 Strip - Cold Rolled 21,542 54,616 22,125 49,805 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.html. CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2006 (CB-06-158)