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 May 2012 May 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,080,399 3,370,642 1,679,068 2,522,803 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,928 7,224 8,781 8,949 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 141,384 127,069 123,274 135,752 Wire Rods 41,668 39,158 27,041 23,230 Structural Shapes Heavy 32,567 35,774 31,262 31,732 Plates Cut Lengths 112,405 174,668 117,641 174,102 Plates In Coils 83,899 75,587 78,221 71,769 Rails Standard 13,264 13,727 12,777 14,419 Bars - Hot Rolled 368,347 475,303 300,606 366,043 Bars - Light Shaped 13,624 13,377 7,402 6,502 Bars - Cold Finished 51,502 118,976 36,139 81,744 Tool Steel 69,589 214,581 64,954 189,235 Standard Pipe 24,842 48,589 21,751 47,437 Oil Country Goods 488,872 966,736 317,465 558,174 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 99,317 163,964 118,694 152,603 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 3,533 8,493 3,955 7,694 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,238 11,160 6,890 9,291 Mechanical Tubing 106,327 257,193 61,265 137,015 Pressure Tubing 14,537 40,946 10,957 29,481 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,585 11,838 1,961 8,174 Structural Pipe & Tube 11,648 32,548 7,559 23,999 Pipe For Piling 195 224 209 202 Wire Drawn 52,320 95,430 37,038 67,602 Sheets Hot Rolled 75,747 86,904 53,263 64,138 Sheets Cold Rolled 85,653 102,001 77,935 85,489 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 93,820 108,316 77,516 78,174 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,875 18,962 18,912 23,908 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,633 84,951 42,840 86,998 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,031 5,136 774 5,169 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,050 31,807 11,985 33,777 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary June 2012 (CB-12-130)