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 September 2006 September 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,215,703 3,783,565 3,299,814 3,399,852 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,416 20,250 23,416 20,799 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 339,394 209,353 668,238 429,186 Structural Shapes Heavy 90,102 57,221 92,856 57,936 Plates Cut Lengths 277,399 383,709 262,956 338,938 Plates In Coils 104,683 72,509 98,143 70,121 Rails Standard 16,432 11,567 25,720 16,964 Bars - Hot Rolled 596,718 498,474 605,005 482,003 Bars - Light Shaped 19,587 11,971 15,762 9,506 Bars - Cold Finished 85,661 132,484 111,389 134,833 Tool Steel 122,484 301,402 143,008 336,740 Standard Pipe 10,353 26,420 11,944 26,147 Oil Country Goods 388,923 736,816 281,826 428,457 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 205,573 236,931 128,264 155,973 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,153 21,112 1,361 1,624 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,039 3,359 552 1,388 Mechanical Tubing 98,250 184,502 98,188 160,775 Pressure Tubing 23,032 76,897 25,688 60,334 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,770 15,672 2,558 10,853 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,311 45,533 14,349 26,520 Pipe For Piling 964 962 1,863 1,751 Wire Drawn 75,975 106,656 76,340 106,529 Sheets Hot Rolled 148,077 113,598 147,540 109,263 Sheets Cold Rolled 198,493 164,654 142,578 117,571 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 217,195 158,017 189,464 127,135 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 52,103 44,729 40,500 35,932 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 53,754 86,189 59,916 73,553 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,472 3,517 5,968 3,326 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,389 59,060 24,421 55,694 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 October 2006 (CB-06-172)