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 July 2012 July 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,976,317 4,784,005 2,396,606 3,660,961 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,672 11,297 12,257 12,354 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 175,025 157,906 154,538 170,540 Wire Rods 55,633 52,122 40,438 35,773 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,555 40,193 48,681 49,630 Plates Cut Lengths 155,351 236,898 170,447 250,548 Plates In Coils 136,388 119,837 112,855 108,186 Rails Standard 20,280 21,535 17,699 20,355 Bars - Hot Rolled 533,190 669,069 442,673 551,096 Bars - Light Shaped 18,423 17,694 12,207 10,829 Bars - Cold Finished 67,533 156,568 53,779 121,271 Tool Steel 97,431 295,860 91,032 270,989 Standard Pipe 32,810 64,544 31,426 64,936 Oil Country Goods 708,017 1,402,978 456,736 816,839 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 147,231 236,259 143,273 187,326 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,698 14,003 4,405 8,537 Line Pipe - Not Specified 27,014 39,874 13,980 18,505 Mechanical Tubing 151,040 363,220 93,813 214,701 Pressure Tubing 20,972 58,938 16,174 43,261 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,638 16,894 3,042 13,216 Structural Pipe & Tube 15,216 46,317 11,030 35,838 Pipe For Piling 225 277 219 215 Wire Drawn 74,912 136,964 55,001 101,726 Sheets Hot Rolled 103,874 116,747 90,394 111,749 Sheets Cold Rolled 129,274 152,848 113,841 129,442 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 139,176 159,910 100,522 103,196 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 22,399 26,493 28,642 35,531 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 64,874 116,586 58,218 116,931 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,489 6,829 1,328 7,080 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,977 45,344 17,957 50,360 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 July 2012 (CB-12-130)