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 2010 September 2009 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,474,014 3,429,127 1,736,795 2,994,399 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,194 6,754 6,001 19,700 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 185,199 146,953 27,615 42,585 Wire Rods 51,511 42,293 34,634 22,711 Structural Shapes Heavy 57,533 50,883 30,054 26,870 Plates Cut Lengths 155,988 227,534 141,506 282,909 Plates In Coils 61,059 55,990 38,438 35,477 Rails Standard 17,068 17,950 11,011 10,682 Bars - Hot Rolled 372,366 402,069 246,665 267,279 Bars - Light Shaped 20,439 16,156 9,475 6,772 Bars - Cold Finished 29,253 63,819 38,355 84,178 Tool Steel 85,080 230,195 37,931 121,304 Standard Pipe 9,368 21,902 13,240 45,685 Oil Country Goods 540,587 962,507 357,530 801,806 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 134,822 169,547 236,841 343,199 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,190 6,583 3,975 14,423 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,693 6,487 1,426 3,290 Mechanical Tubing 54,680 119,551 68,529 198,813 Pressure Tubing 14,767 42,982 13,670 87,451 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,678 12,232 4,282 17,893 Structural Pipe & Tube 22,325 48,639 16,109 38,439 Pipe For Piling 3,352 3,806 2,118 4,914 Wire Drawn 67,098 112,542 32,151 59,254 Sheets Hot Rolled 92,083 95,197 81,800 87,926 Sheets Cold Rolled 143,834 155,739 89,130 107,532 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 199,701 177,531 103,514 103,211 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 40,765 46,227 20,617 28,813 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 63,821 125,081 48,569 86,738 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,296 7,550 5,449 6,391 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,263 54,427 16,160 38,156 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)