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 September 2009 September 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,736,795 2,994,399 3,334,220 5,173,776 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,001 19,700 2,457 4,628 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 27,615 42,585 304,341 366,464 Wire Rods 34,634 22,711 (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 30,054 26,870 57,150 59,027 Plates Cut Lengths 141,506 282,909 310,990 609,953 Plates In Coils 38,438 35,477 98,840 90,490 Rails Standard 11,011 10,682 18,387 15,167 Bars - Hot Rolled 246,665 267,279 613,866 682,857 Bars - Light Shaped 9,475 6,772 5,794 5,970 Bars - Cold Finished 38,355 84,178 61,099 127,979 Tool Steel 37,931 121,304 115,416 356,325 Standard Pipe 13,240 45,685 15,220 45,102 Oil Country Goods 357,530 801,806 515,035 905,523 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 236,841 343,199 410,625 629,176 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 3,975 14,423 14,546 28,988 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,426 3,290 404 722 Mechanical Tubing 68,529 198,813 107,089 251,366 Pressure Tubing 13,670 87,451 26,690 126,199 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,282 17,893 4,194 20,686 Structural Pipe & Tube 16,109 38,439 29,092 59,697 Pipe For Piling 2,118 4,914 591 617 Wire Drawn 32,151 59,254 68,008 120,479 Sheets Hot Rolled 81,800 87,926 116,826 119,122 Sheets Cold Rolled 89,130 107,532 109,216 118,763 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 103,514 103,211 170,178 159,448 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,617 28,813 48,550 62,166 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,569 86,738 80,410 139,681 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,449 6,391 3,595 7,279 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,160 38,156 25,609 59,902 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 October 2009 (CB-09-175)