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 November 2009 November 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,090,996 3,454,286 4,172,982 6,665,819 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,429 23,519 3,865 8,884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 37,949 51,891 374,404 462,222 Wire Rods 45,363 30,745 (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 32,195 28,799 72,790 76,085 Plates Cut Lengths 169,747 315,043 373,259 749,395 Plates In Coils 57,018 47,450 139,528 135,415 Rails Standard 15,049 13,484 22,493 18,671 Bars - Hot Rolled 316,246 336,209 806,577 924,987 Bars - Light Shaped 11,326 7,967 6,534 6,890 Bars - Cold Finished 40,884 90,322 78,588 168,992 Tool Steel 45,785 142,903 136,812 429,047 Standard Pipe 14,046 48,172 20,258 64,423 Oil Country Goods 390,171 868,641 709,491 1,342,047 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 267,476 377,551 440,543 678,830 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 12,286 34,034 15,965 31,707 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,144 4,063 404 725 Mechanical Tubing 74,461 214,863 138,196 326,971 Pressure Tubing 15,502 96,731 32,040 152,689 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,624 29,308 5,359 25,702 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,680 43,807 35,543 73,667 Pipe For Piling 4,243 7,803 612 637 Wire Drawn 42,447 76,744 79,950 147,156 Sheets Hot Rolled 98,097 102,087 150,136 161,156 Sheets Cold Rolled 120,355 136,616 138,023 154,622 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 134,039 133,054 198,889 186,596 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 23,308 31,645 57,168 75,435 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 54,992 102,033 100,585 180,112 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,456 8,194 4,156 8,977 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,677 50,609 30,814 73,780 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary December 2009 (CB-10-11)