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 November 2012 November 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,495,236 7,121,542 3,810,297 5,927,123 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16,500 15,896 17,905 17,343 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 230,196 207,375 240,144 257,156 Wire Rods 82,745 75,637 64,016 58,788 Structural Shapes Heavy 50,896 55,037 79,513 84,164 Plates Cut Lengths 240,505 358,680 262,340 391,395 Plates In Coils 192,620 167,655 194,171 188,851 Rails Standard 25,971 28,708 22,520 25,869 Bars - Hot Rolled 808,351 988,755 683,208 878,516 Bars - Light Shaped 26,688 24,666 21,750 20,187 Bars - Cold Finished 92,159 219,743 92,614 210,121 Tool Steel 147,920 444,254 142,132 425,358 Standard Pipe 62,159 114,489 40,613 85,193 Oil Country Goods 1,030,536 2,013,478 744,381 1,356,828 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 244,237 384,661 238,202 320,443 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,679 34,044 6,497 13,845 Line Pipe - Not Specified 32,891 47,152 18,214 23,585 Mechanical Tubing 226,748 542,394 160,650 371,886 Pressure Tubing 28,566 82,059 25,232 71,368 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,666 27,555 4,901 22,366 Structural Pipe & Tube 22,041 68,712 19,594 61,185 Pipe For Piling 431 506 465 501 Wire Drawn 115,462 211,354 86,694 162,461 Sheets Hot Rolled 165,856 179,445 145,231 179,397 Sheets Cold Rolled 223,240 259,131 172,236 201,393 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 236,226 268,419 161,451 169,446 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 35,144 39,485 39,148 49,381 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 102,823 183,770 96,965 186,773 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,138 9,913 2,264 12,062 Strip - Cold Rolled 30,843 68,570 27,248 81,263 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 December 2012 (CB13-11)