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 January 2012 January 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 325,003 528,052 315,566 467,970 Ingots And Steel For Castings 941 1,094 507 448 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,666 14,166 19,042 20,101 Wire Rods 7,631 7,077 4,902 4,069 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,765 8,972 5,225 5,615 Plates Cut Lengths 20,666 31,617 21,396 31,100 Plates In Coils 11,634 11,554 25,921 21,127 Rails Standard 2,092 2,229 222 305 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,062 85,413 56,763 66,236 Bars - Light Shaped 4,063 4,040 1,253 1,038 Bars - Cold Finished 9,468 24,424 5,532 12,271 Tool Steel 16,462 47,567 15,947 39,591 Standard Pipe 1,874 4,676 6,577 11,112 Oil Country Goods 56,084 99,374 62,343 110,998 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,115 23,910 11,807 17,747 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,062 5,529 78 210 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 21 14 Mechanical Tubing 16,819 41,007 13,116 28,304 Pressure Tubing 3,060 8,883 2,030 5,321 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 510 2,349 420 1,935 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,932 6,705 1,577 5,011 Pipe For Piling 45 47 30 31 Wire Drawn 10,758 19,194 7,346 12,917 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,341 17,117 5,895 7,289 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,909 12,949 14,562 14,766 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,702 20,613 15,056 15,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,651 2,227 4,548 5,607 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,459 16,797 10,332 19,955 Strip - Hot Rolled 193 814 178 1,381 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,038 7,707 2,939 8,153 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 February 2012 (CB-02-xxx)