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 2009 July 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,469,020 2,618,148 2,598,868 3,971,053 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,608 19,300 1,772 3,252 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,034 38,560 251,347 291,139 Wire Rods 20,850 14,488 0 0 Structural Shapes Heavy 29,004 25,728 46,004 45,636 Plates Cut Lengths 112,242 248,942 248,053 482,890 Plates In Coils 33,222 31,032 82,524 72,336 Rails Standard 9,177 8,633 15,169 12,631 Bars - Hot Rolled 203,687 224,950 430,792 471,108 Bars - Light Shaped 6,861 5,009 4,650 4,530 Bars - Cold Finished 36,296 78,982 50,523 101,878 Tool Steel 33,001 107,418 93,843 288,145 Standard Pipe 11,242 41,208 11,797 35,406 Oil Country Goods 334,005 744,475 365,376 618,066 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 187,908 279,192 373,760 562,188 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 3,747 13,300 12,168 24,266 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,426 3,290 395 706 Mechanical Tubing 63,177 183,229 83,576 192,963 Pressure Tubing 12,136 75,526 23,126 109,260 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,116 13,102 3,337 16,014 Structural Pipe & Tube 14,449 34,008 20,712 44,183 Pipe For Piling 199 1,732 563 580 Wire Drawn 24,173 45,121 54,333 91,868 Sheets Hot Rolled 71,109 77,235 89,452 88,078 Sheets Cold Rolled 72,860 89,445 79,332 83,576 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 81,374 82,306 134,944 125,187 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,255 23,918 36,684 45,792 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 41,386 73,327 61,780 106,901 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,198 4,793 2,960 5,878 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,277 29,897 19,894 46,595 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 2009 (CB-09-146)