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 2011 July 2010 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,396,606 3,660,961 1,864,331 2,567,049 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,257 12,354 7,554 5,694 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 154,538 170,540 110,252 89,467 Wire Rods 40,438 35,773 41,821 33,995 Structural Shapes Heavy 48,681 49,630 38,335 32,789 Plates Cut Lengths 170,447 250,548 124,752 182,362 Plates In Coils 112,855 108,186 35,060 32,649 Rails Standard 17,699 20,355 11,886 12,307 Bars - Hot Rolled 442,673 551,096 274,464 289,800 Bars - Light Shaped 12,207 10,829 16,290 12,275 Bars - Cold Finished 53,779 121,271 20,749 45,112 Tool Steel 91,032 270,989 62,971 166,779 Standard Pipe 31,426 64,936 6,779 15,673 Oil Country Goods 456,736 816,839 411,963 718,790 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 143,273 187,326 131,437 162,470 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,405 8,537 1,622 4,517 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,980 18,505 5,462 5,425 Mechanical Tubing 93,813 214,701 37,712 82,549 Pressure Tubing 16,174 43,261 11,356 34,017 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,042 13,216 2,139 9,762 Structural Pipe & Tube 11,030 35,838 16,022 36,609 Pipe For Piling 219 215 811 895 Wire Drawn 55,001 101,726 50,790 84,964 Sheets Hot Rolled 90,394 111,749 72,317 73,075 Sheets Cold Rolled 113,841 129,442 115,096 123,608 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 100,522 103,196 155,891 138,889 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 28,642 35,531 27,510 31,723 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 58,218 116,931 47,786 93,143 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,328 7,080 5,059 6,912 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,957 50,360 20,445 40,802 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 Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary August 2011 (CB-11-162)