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 November 2011 November 2010 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,810,297 5,927,123 3,021,094 4,244,314 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,905 17,343 10,773 7,895 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 240,144 257,156 222,103 177,409 Wire Rods 64,016 58,788 58,536 48,320 Structural Shapes Heavy 79,513 84,164 68,892 60,823 Plates Cut Lengths 262,340 391,395 193,638 287,348 Plates In Coils 194,171 188,851 95,572 87,134 Rails Standard 22,520 25,869 18,193 19,159 Bars - Hot Rolled 683,208 878,516 458,778 503,826 Bars - Light Shaped 21,750 20,187 23,878 18,807 Bars - Cold Finished 92,614 210,121 40,717 86,418 Tool Steel 142,132 425,358 110,484 304,825 Standard Pipe 40,613 85,193 16,574 33,915 Oil Country Goods 744,381 1,356,828 654,845 1,166,989 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 238,202 320,443 137,711 173,995 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,497 13,845 3,246 8,581 Line Pipe - Not Specified 18,214 23,585 7,093 6,868 Mechanical Tubing 160,650 371,886 80,624 170,663 Pressure Tubing 25,232 71,368 20,058 56,002 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,901 22,366 3,327 15,399 Structural Pipe & Tube 19,594 61,185 26,317 57,927 Pipe For Piling 465 501 3,431 3,883 Wire Drawn 86,694 162,461 83,069 139,301 Sheets Hot Rolled 145,231 179,397 115,399 119,382 Sheets Cold Rolled 172,236 201,393 174,696 189,102 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 161,451 169,446 229,364 205,342 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 39,148 49,381 46,940 53,595 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 96,965 186,773 79,724 159,989 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,264 12,062 5,578 9,054 Strip - Cold Rolled 27,248 81,263 31,532 72,361 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)