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 2010 August 2009 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,188,904 3,022,427 1,591,112 2,793,054 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,230 6,134 5,840 19,601 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 152,627 124,720 25,468 39,520 Wire Rods 46,896 38,359 28,754 18,676 Structural Shapes Heavy 50,576 44,448 29,141 25,882 Plates Cut Lengths 141,400 207,054 125,580 267,156 Plates In Coils 40,556 37,826 35,862 32,912 Rails Standard 13,668 14,329 10,692 10,368 Bars - Hot Rolled 328,615 351,141 223,126 243,519 Bars - Light Shaped 18,250 13,808 8,606 6,179 Bars - Cold Finished 24,905 54,388 37,206 81,270 Tool Steel 73,822 198,634 34,869 113,334 Standard Pipe 8,282 18,904 13,102 45,069 Oil Country Goods 482,731 850,278 342,055 764,913 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 132,042 163,546 212,796 315,338 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,841 5,122 3,792 13,780 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,657 6,428 1,426 3,290 Mechanical Tubing 46,965 102,537 65,024 188,971 Pressure Tubing 13,154 39,012 12,965 81,388 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,446 11,354 3,662 15,461 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,391 40,169 15,164 35,862 Pipe For Piling 2,847 3,180 2,110 4,907 Wire Drawn 59,792 100,178 27,892 51,746 Sheets Hot Rolled 80,942 82,326 73,480 79,038 Sheets Cold Rolled 129,909 140,551 81,848 99,514 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 185,064 163,872 89,630 90,326 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 36,458 41,214 18,481 26,339 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 55,244 108,719 44,497 79,699 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,169 7,343 3,981 5,386 Strip - Cold Rolled 22,428 46,850 14,064 33,610 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 September 2010 (CB-10-160)