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 2010 July 2009 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,864,331 2,567,049 1,469,020 2,618,148 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,554 5,694 5,608 19,300 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 110,252 89,467 25,034 38,560 Wire Rods 41,821 33,995 20,850 14,488 Structural Shapes Heavy 38,335 32,789 29,004 25,728 Plates Cut Lengths 124,752 182,362 112,242 248,942 Plates In Coils 35,060 32,649 33,222 31,032 Rails Standard 11,886 12,307 9,177 8,633 Bars - Hot Rolled 274,464 289,800 203,687 224,950 Bars - Light Shaped 16,290 12,275 6,861 5,009 Bars - Cold Finished 20,749 45,112 36,296 78,982 Tool Steel 62,971 166,779 33,001 107,418 Standard Pipe 6,779 15,673 11,242 41,208 Oil Country Goods 411,963 718,790 334,005 744,475 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 131,437 162,470 187,908 279,192 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,622 4,517 3,747 13,300 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5,462 5,425 1,426 3,290 Mechanical Tubing 37,712 82,549 63,177 183,229 Pressure Tubing 11,356 34,017 12,136 75,526 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,139 9,762 3,116 13,102 Structural Pipe & Tube 16,022 36,609 14,449 34,008 Pipe For Piling 811 895 199 1,732 Wire Drawn 50,790 84,964 24,173 45,121 Sheets Hot Rolled 72,317 73,075 71,109 77,235 Sheets Cold Rolled 115,096 123,608 72,860 89,445 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 155,891 138,889 81,374 82,306 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,510 31,723 16,255 23,918 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 47,786 93,143 41,386 73,327 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,059 6,912 3,198 4,793 Strip - Cold Rolled 20,445 40,802 12,277 29,897 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.ht ml. 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 August 2010 (CB-10-146)