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 December 2012 December 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,856,506 7,641,957 4,134,021 6,484,940 Ingots And Steel For Castings 18,489 17,627 19,690 19,047 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 241,902 217,907 254,080 273,047 Wire Rods 89,032 80,949 67,213 61,791 Structural Shapes Heavy 53,190 57,419 85,826 90,812 Plates Cut Lengths 259,108 382,344 279,739 418,464 Plates In Coils 206,068 177,939 207,725 199,882 Rails Standard 27,279 30,164 24,670 28,162 Bars - Hot Rolled 889,044 1,057,594 742,562 957,578 Bars - Light Shaped 27,689 25,522 24,430 22,715 Bars - Cold Finished 98,072 234,386 98,458 223,156 Tool Steel 159,208 476,832 155,740 470,042 Standard Pipe 71,998 129,780 44,081 94,081 Oil Country Goods 1,103,609 2,155,918 834,726 1,534,297 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 284,733 446,398 239,665 322,792 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,925 34,511 8,486 18,468 Line Pipe - Not Specified 32,914 47,186 18,410 23,831 Mechanical Tubing 236,617 567,802 180,955 424,841 Pressure Tubing 29,343 84,712 29,183 85,398 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,600 31,348 5,196 23,905 Structural Pipe & Tube 22,997 71,824 21,579 66,683 Pipe For Piling 612 789 480 514 Wire Drawn 122,899 225,971 94,783 177,015 Sheets Hot Rolled 178,611 192,621 153,521 188,616 Sheets Cold Rolled 246,224 286,607 185,498 218,968 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 254,433 288,267 180,075 189,147 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 37,211 41,754 40,522 51,278 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 107,605 192,802 103,131 198,432 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,401 11,524 2,305 12,226 Strip - Cold Rolled 32,695 73,463 31,290 89,749 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 January 2013 (CB13-34)