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 2008 August 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,968,292 4,564,298 2,961,496 3,835,180 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,040 4,005 11,268 17,519 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 269,544 320,551 390,137 295,040 Structural Shapes Heavy 52,643 53,925 49,547 40,438 Plates Cut Lengths 283,936 556,773 244,369 377,200 Plates In Coils 91,492 81,458 78,978 54,636 Rails Standard 15,718 13,353 26,843 20,416 Bars - Hot Rolled 545,128 598,878 430,471 411,774 Bars - Light Shaped 5,081 5,061 4,690 4,356 Bars - Cold Finished 55,270 113,788 64,983 120,342 Tool Steel 103,647 319,612 93,396 255,210 Standard Pipe 12,877 38,649 13,351 36,828 Oil Country Goods 431,796 741,581 367,398 603,379 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 390,454 595,579 374,950 516,041 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13,309 26,632 6,135 11,577 Line Pipe - Not Specified 395 706 3,035 2,646 Mechanical Tubing 92,942 216,721 97,858 195,821 Pressure Tubing 25,099 119,524 21,699 85,624 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,741 18,536 2,638 13,831 Structural Pipe & Tube 24,122 51,502 25,681 50,420 Pipe For Piling 563 580 1,567 1,424 Wire Drawn 61,474 106,724 60,140 89,524 Sheets Hot Rolled 102,970 102,486 165,814 141,905 Sheets Cold Rolled 94,377 102,119 162,703 152,032 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 149,426 138,919 114,053 95,568 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 42,361 53,414 51,451 55,118 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 71,455 122,407 69,265 126,987 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,264 6,509 3,085 2,278 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,171 54,306 25,990 57,248 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 September 2008 (CB-08-158)