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 2009 August 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,591,112 2,793,054 2,968,292 4,564,298 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,840 19,601 2,040 4,005 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,468 39,520 269,544 320,551 Wire Rods 28,754 18,676 (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 29,141 25,882 52,643 53,925 Plates Cut Lengths 125,580 267,156 283,936 556,773 Plates In Coils 35,862 32,912 91,492 81,458 Rails Standard 10,692 10,368 15,718 13,353 Bars - Hot Rolled 223,126 243,519 545,128 598,878 Bars - Light Shaped 8,606 6,179 5,081 5,061 Bars - Cold Finished 37,206 81,270 55,270 113,788 Tool Steel 34,869 113,334 103,647 319,612 Standard Pipe 13,102 45,069 12,877 38,649 Oil Country Goods 342,055 764,913 431,796 741,581 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 212,796 315,338 390,454 595,579 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 3,792 13,780 13,309 26,632 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,426 3,290 395 706 Mechanical Tubing 65,024 188,971 92,942 216,721 Pressure Tubing 12,965 81,388 25,099 119,524 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,662 15,461 3,741 18,536 Structural Pipe & Tube 15,164 35,862 24,122 51,502 Pipe For Piling 2,110 4,907 563 580 Wire Drawn 27,892 51,746 61,474 106,724 Sheets Hot Rolled 73,480 79,038 102,970 102,486 Sheets Cold Rolled 81,848 99,514 94,377 102,119 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 89,630 90,326 149,426 138,919 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,481 26,339 42,361 53,414 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 44,497 79,699 71,455 122,407 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,981 5,386 3,264 6,509 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,064 33,610 23,171 54,306 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 2009 (CB-09-160)