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 February 2012 February 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 692,964 1,147,051 584,290 865,564 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,745 1,730 2,497 1,956 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,565 30,242 41,523 39,987 Wire Rods 16,303 15,211 9,063 7,574 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,732 15,673 10,501 11,137 Plates Cut Lengths 42,686 65,300 38,083 55,405 Plates In Coils 15,146 15,403 39,654 33,095 Rails Standard 4,838 5,469 3,933 4,333 Bars - Hot Rolled 123,893 169,045 105,129 124,214 Bars - Light Shaped 6,913 6,872 2,504 2,134 Bars - Cold Finished 21,525 48,755 11,371 26,500 Tool Steel 29,876 86,646 27,531 75,934 Standard Pipe 7,807 16,558 7,882 14,295 Oil Country Goods 158,404 295,043 110,847 197,582 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 28,611 48,813 20,766 29,257 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,260 5,917 301 549 Line Pipe - Not Specified 18 36 2,052 1,947 Mechanical Tubing 35,068 88,500 26,668 56,082 Pressure Tubing 6,651 19,519 4,038 10,747 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 998 4,780 756 3,157 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,922 12,181 2,446 7,797 Pipe For Piling 97 105 45 47 Wire Drawn 19,730 35,571 13,194 23,368 Sheets Hot Rolled 26,892 31,334 13,104 15,009 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,590 35,009 26,286 27,263 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,552 40,235 28,724 29,131 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,531 7,145 10,855 13,396 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 17,323 32,184 18,665 36,611 Strip - Hot Rolled 338 1,461 288 2,083 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,948 12,314 5,587 14,973 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 March 2012 (CB-12-64)