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 August 2012 August 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,385,498 5,430,341 2,730,673 4,211,530 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,773 12,336 13,463 13,432 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 189,771 171,744 173,256 188,609 Wire Rods 63,132 58,757 45,456 41,002 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,089 42,819 57,677 60,073 Plates Cut Lengths 173,435 261,857 192,842 285,939 Plates In Coils 154,653 135,958 124,416 121,543 Rails Standard 21,407 23,026 18,972 21,951 Bars - Hot Rolled 612,693 759,656 497,807 627,226 Bars - Light Shaped 20,345 19,260 14,101 12,697 Bars - Cold Finished 74,205 173,493 63,425 142,866 Tool Steel 114,732 339,764 105,809 313,437 Standard Pipe 36,030 72,090 33,574 70,151 Oil Country Goods 806,184 1,589,059 531,927 961,628 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 173,173 273,441 171,126 223,173 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 10,966 24,525 4,762 9,383 Line Pipe - Not Specified 28,220 41,583 15,368 20,161 Mechanical Tubing 174,607 417,584 106,926 246,781 Pressure Tubing 24,421 69,334 18,371 50,113 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,017 18,520 3,566 15,551 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,382 55,252 13,098 41,735 Pipe For Piling 321 372 287 300 Wire Drawn 85,970 157,668 62,855 117,030 Sheets Hot Rolled 114,939 128,273 99,271 123,274 Sheets Cold Rolled 150,064 179,085 126,396 144,943 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 160,049 184,124 113,349 116,545 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 26,709 30,450 33,687 41,977 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,604 133,427 67,083 134,316 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,653 7,722 1,532 8,416 Strip - Cold Rolled 20,954 49,163 20,271 57,279 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 September 2012 (CB-12-202)