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 September 2012 September 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,756,179 5,996,900 3,065,708 4,728,711 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,969 13,372 15,267 14,874 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 215,026 193,306 188,165 205,930 Wire Rods 67,392 62,549 52,509 47,801 Structural Shapes Heavy 43,692 47,803 63,577 66,845 Plates Cut Lengths 190,301 286,965 215,494 318,044 Plates In Coils 164,239 144,278 146,342 143,080 Rails Standard 22,370 24,071 21,257 24,510 Bars - Hot Rolled 668,439 833,647 557,077 704,861 Bars - Light Shaped 23,913 22,193 15,915 14,417 Bars - Cold Finished 80,522 188,806 73,344 164,287 Tool Steel 125,348 372,312 116,052 345,510 Standard Pipe 52,703 94,008 35,711 74,828 Oil Country Goods 886,683 1,738,479 596,530 1,076,006 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 187,955 297,329 197,448 259,089 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 12,385 27,321 5,437 10,986 Line Pipe - Not Specified 32,315 45,795 15,905 20,789 Mechanical Tubing 195,687 467,937 123,090 282,742 Pressure Tubing 25,298 72,106 19,639 53,408 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,470 20,679 4,071 18,081 Structural Pipe & Tube 19,036 59,677 15,912 49,657 Pipe For Piling 377 427 323 341 Wire Drawn 96,143 175,504 70,099 130,839 Sheets Hot Rolled 128,469 141,119 110,707 136,977 Sheets Cold Rolled 171,940 202,945 138,527 160,512 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 189,000 216,348 130,379 134,011 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 28,026 32,027 35,615 44,653 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 81,963 149,065 76,652 149,371 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,793 8,436 1,739 9,865 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,727 58,397 22,927 66,397 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 October 2012 (CB-12-220)