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 November 2006 November 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,984,315 4,742,444 3,942,585 4,142,847 Ingots And Steel For Castings 22,099 24,547 30,964 27,505 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 456,748 298,878 736,143 473,763 Structural Shapes Heavy 111,335 73,679 119,443 71,933 Plates Cut Lengths 342,058 471,785 324,595 426,203 Plates In Coils 126,786 87,624 122,047 84,511 Rails Standard 18,960 13,539 30,709 20,621 Bars - Hot Rolled 710,546 599,108 716,212 574,350 Bars - Light Shaped 22,009 13,594 20,368 12,245 Bars - Cold Finished 106,897 171,495 132,781 164,539 Tool Steel 147,440 370,772 175,507 426,767 Standard Pipe 13,553 34,350 13,825 31,644 Oil Country Goods 473,032 901,085 352,812 546,163 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 269,648 322,429 158,915 187,539 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,547 22,460 1,541 1,974 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,881 3,898 952 2,280 Mechanical Tubing 121,129 226,678 121,467 201,092 Pressure Tubing 27,750 93,547 29,764 71,105 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,481 19,988 3,578 14,850 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,520 59,344 17,950 32,854 Pipe For Piling 1,054 1,056 2,534 2,379 Wire Drawn 91,610 130,050 91,683 127,934 Sheets Hot Rolled 183,696 142,389 187,259 140,122 Sheets Cold Rolled 246,064 207,891 168,621 139,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 269,068 198,494 227,804 153,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 62,693 54,178 47,611 42,671 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,523 116,786 69,657 90,385 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,095 5,060 7,599 4,231 Strip - Cold Rolled 31,094 77,738 30,244 69,695 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary December 2006 (CB-07-14)