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 July 2008 July 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,598,868 3,971,053 2,615,442 3,378,800 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,772 3,252 9,917 15,690 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 251,347 291,139 350,367 258,773 Structural Shapes Heavy 46,004 45,636 38,578 32,053 Plates Cut Lengths 248,053 482,890 213,267 323,077 Plates In Coils 82,524 72,336 67,540 46,523 Rails Standard 15,169 12,631 19,739 14,824 Bars - Hot Rolled 430,792 471,108 378,749 361,189 Bars - Light Shaped 4,650 4,530 3,922 3,768 Bars - Cold Finished 50,523 101,878 56,155 106,468 Tool Steel 93,843 288,145 82,871 224,490 Standard Pipe 11,797 35,406 10,840 30,485 Oil Country Goods 365,376 618,066 329,863 548,812 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 373,760 562,188 335,178 458,566 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 12,168 24,266 6,013 11,246 Line Pipe - Not Specified 395 706 3,027 2,637 Mechanical Tubing 83,576 192,963 86,940 172,454 Pressure Tubing 23,126 109,260 18,872 74,902 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,337 16,014 2,437 12,721 Structural Pipe & Tube 20,712 44,183 21,895 42,762 Pipe For Piling 563 580 1,477 1,332 Wire Drawn 54,333 91,868 52,426 77,951 Sheets Hot Rolled 89,452 88,078 148,077 125,750 Sheets Cold Rolled 79,332 83,576 148,796 139,052 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 134,944 125,187 99,160 81,937 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 36,684 45,792 42,806 46,646 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 61,780 106,901 60,670 112,503 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,960 5,878 2,985 2,201 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,894 46,595 22,876 49,991 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary August 2008 (CB-08-141)