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 2011 October 2010 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,480,056 5,384,680 2,760,425 3,845,475 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16,142 15,648 9,985 7,269 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 225,354 239,434 211,800 168,320 Wire Rods 59,574 54,533 54,949 45,245 Structural Shapes Heavy 72,343 76,522 63,215 56,076 Plates Cut Lengths 240,359 358,222 175,637 257,490 Plates In Coils 165,131 163,388 81,875 74,905 Rails Standard 21,975 25,237 17,986 18,906 Bars - Hot Rolled 625,627 800,851 419,503 457,855 Bars - Light Shaped 19,195 17,613 21,526 17,016 Bars - Cold Finished 82,605 185,962 33,717 73,765 Tool Steel 129,465 385,054 96,783 265,502 Standard Pipe 38,504 79,842 11,766 26,576 Oil Country Goods 681,971 1,232,553 599,196 1,064,513 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 227,249 302,893 136,227 171,772 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,812 12,012 2,912 7,753 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17,978 23,310 6,693 6,487 Mechanical Tubing 146,144 334,806 64,914 141,021 Pressure Tubing 21,871 60,019 17,136 49,221 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,561 20,733 2,954 13,481 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,542 55,252 23,584 52,517 Pipe For Piling 447 465 3,360 3,818 Wire Drawn 78,518 147,199 75,066 126,386 Sheets Hot Rolled 130,597 161,740 104,238 108,648 Sheets Cold Rolled 155,098 180,497 161,110 174,115 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 144,842 150,118 214,653 191,957 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 37,242 46,692 45,072 51,129 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 86,366 167,610 71,107 141,756 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,980 11,305 5,413 8,423 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,564 75,172 28,046 63,554 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 October 2011 (CB-11-195)