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 October 2012 October 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,131,840 6,594,838 3,480,056 5,384,680 Ingots And Steel For Castings 14,961 14,683 16,142 15,648 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 217,512 196,294 225,354 239,434 Wire Rods 74,531 68,675 59,574 54,533 Structural Shapes Heavy 48,728 52,828 72,343 76,522 Plates Cut Lengths 221,273 329,508 240,359 358,222 Plates In Coils 178,319 156,072 165,131 163,388 Rails Standard 24,649 26,611 21,975 25,237 Bars - Hot Rolled 727,036 904,200 625,627 800,851 Bars - Light Shaped 25,599 23,741 19,195 17,613 Bars - Cold Finished 86,783 206,386 82,605 185,962 Tool Steel 137,258 411,779 129,465 385,054 Standard Pipe 56,111 100,290 38,504 79,842 Oil Country Goods 969,535 1,901,844 681,971 1,232,553 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 214,643 338,975 227,249 302,893 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,413 33,251 5,812 12,012 Line Pipe - Not Specified 32,420 46,132 17,978 23,310 Mechanical Tubing 214,336 511,098 146,144 334,806 Pressure Tubing 27,242 77,893 21,871 60,019 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,045 23,516 4,561 20,733 Structural Pipe & Tube 20,555 64,226 17,542 55,252 Pipe For Piling 409 477 447 465 Wire Drawn 106,256 194,596 78,518 147,199 Sheets Hot Rolled 144,740 157,791 130,597 161,740 Sheets Cold Rolled 198,531 233,163 155,098 180,497 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 214,894 245,159 144,842 150,118 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,930 36,786 37,242 46,692 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 90,630 164,838 86,366 167,610 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,057 9,318 1,980 11,305 Strip - Cold Rolled 29,444 64,709 25,564 75,172 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 November2012 (CB12-253)