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 December 2006 December 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,336,006 5,207,879 4,295,770 4,541,753 Ingots And Steel For Castings 22,844 25,394 32,027 28,524 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 494,602 328,068 800,206 510,933 Structural Shapes Heavy 115,920 77,589 130,494 79,971 Plates Cut Lengths 368,882 512,937 352,128 467,601 Plates In Coils 139,656 96,291 138,302 93,790 Rails Standard 19,344 13,863 31,794 21,320 Bars - Hot Rolled 751,192 640,445 774,089 619,206 Bars - Light Shaped 22,757 14,072 23,426 14,068 Bars - Cold Finished 119,795 190,098 138,558 174,932 Tool Steel 159,518 404,971 191,679 466,244 Standard Pipe 15,321 38,373 16,442 36,655 Oil Country Goods 534,700 1,001,084 390,239 617,522 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 308,334 373,312 180,381 210,216 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 11,878 27,151 1,701 2,246 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,881 3,898 1,342 3,037 Mechanical Tubing 131,772 248,489 134,296 226,162 Pressure Tubing 29,139 100,224 31,830 77,225 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,744 21,243 4,037 16,637 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,712 63,725 19,711 35,613 Pipe For Piling 1,604 1,498 2,567 2,411 Wire Drawn 98,379 140,489 97,894 137,395 Sheets Hot Rolled 199,283 154,694 202,108 152,137 Sheets Cold Rolled 269,224 227,579 183,430 152,304 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 285,780 211,499 247,432 166,877 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 68,557 59,031 53,135 47,518 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 80,622 140,742 74,916 100,436 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,469 5,305 8,215 4,627 Strip - Cold Rolled 35,097 85,814 33,394 76,146 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 January 2007 (CB-07-28)