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 December 2009 December 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,288,572 3,722,909 4,477,126 7,269,991 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,061 23,847 4,960 12,527 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 59,357 67,195 378,706 473,840 Wire Rods 48,646 33,251 (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 33,664 29,915 76,696 79,787 Plates Cut Lengths 182,475 335,393 401,173 809,910 Plates In Coils 58,091 48,286 145,737 142,188 Rails Standard 15,363 13,838 22,953 19,209 Bars - Hot Rolled 355,489 376,103 857,019 987,119 Bars - Light Shaped 12,769 9,461 6,973 7,327 Bars - Cold Finished 42,203 93,779 85,389 185,268 Tool Steel 51,592 160,884 147,548 464,076 Standard Pipe 14,817 49,421 24,309 76,534 Oil Country Goods 413,624 910,830 807,344 1,567,134 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 285,261 398,231 445,392 684,153 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17,355 44,938 17,088 33,558 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,144 4,063 2,042 4,461 Mechanical Tubing 76,927 222,171 159,581 378,674 Pressure Tubing 17,516 105,218 34,044 161,540 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,823 30,571 5,873 29,171 Structural Pipe & Tube 18,857 47,567 36,654 76,480 Pipe For Piling 4,243 7,803 612 637 Wire Drawn 48,339 86,975 84,954 158,290 Sheets Hot Rolled 107,386 111,612 162,018 176,516 Sheets Cold Rolled 138,669 155,509 148,100 169,459 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 147,155 146,039 212,378 199,926 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,602 33,651 60,818 80,606 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 59,523 111,172 109,658 199,432 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,746 9,355 4,574 9,925 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,874 55,832 34,533 82,246 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 January 2010 (CB-10-23)