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 October 2010 October 2009 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,760,425 3,845,475 1,938,987 3,254,009 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,985 7,269 6,777 20,246 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 211,800 168,320 35,968 49,013 Wire Rods 54,949 45,245 39,872 26,638 Structural Shapes Heavy 63,215 56,076 30,869 27,651 Plates Cut Lengths 175,637 257,490 161,899 302,708 Plates In Coils 81,875 74,905 50,295 42,939 Rails Standard 17,986 18,906 13,248 11,797 Bars - Hot Rolled 419,503 457,855 284,889 305,862 Bars - Light Shaped 21,526 17,016 10,431 7,407 Bars - Cold Finished 33,717 73,765 39,483 86,989 Tool Steel 96,783 265,502 42,296 131,771 Standard Pipe 11,766 26,576 13,751 47,243 Oil Country Goods 599,196 1,064,513 371,222 829,747 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 136,227 171,772 259,849 369,068 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,912 7,753 12,217 33,862 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,693 6,487 2,143 4,043 Mechanical Tubing 64,914 141,021 71,088 206,760 Pressure Tubing 17,136 49,221 14,459 93,209 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,954 13,481 5,233 27,727 Structural Pipe & Tube 23,584 52,517 16,881 41,184 Pipe For Piling 3,360 3,818 4,229 7,790 Wire Drawn 75,066 126,386 36,954 67,514 Sheets Hot Rolled 104,238 108,648 93,532 97,847 Sheets Cold Rolled 161,110 174,115 103,604 122,133 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 214,653 191,957 118,881 118,459 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 45,072 51,129 20,956 29,284 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 71,107 141,756 51,747 93,821 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,413 8,423 6,419 7,324 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,046 63,554 19,794 43,974 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 November 2010 (CB-10-193)