Exhibit 2: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding January 2006 January 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,184,355 2,208,689 2,634,812 2,054,261 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,524 5,238 3,808 5,816 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 859,943 346,047 645,839 351,096 Wire Rods 359,200 166,826 238,171 134,949 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,407 35,210 56,079 35,239 Steel Piling 2,166 1,916 4,901 4,147 Plates Cut Lengths 99,925 100,198 47,219 51,322 Plates In Coils 69,509 44,592 92,786 67,277 Rails Standard 17,504 12,228 22,501 14,386 Rails All Other 1,546 1,352 1,304 1,146 Railroad Accessories 1,110 937 1,148 826 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,652 96,036 142,149 117,270 Bars - Light Shaped 23,988 15,271 10,075 8,235 Bars - Reinforcing 108,265 45,661 44,547 19,498 Bars - Cold Finished 25,252 47,976 33,132 55,647 Tool Steel 20,513 38,687 16,511 30,726 Standard Pipe 113,398 85,425 97,257 77,107 Oil Country Goods 152,820 192,577 94,848 100,481 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 48,517 50,239 19,753 19,199 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 33,377 31,312 31,781 25,648 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22,821 15,909 13,754 10,941 Mechanical Tubing 49,925 61,449 43,667 54,783 Pressure Tubing 6,952 15,300 6,879 10,349 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,236 62,599 10,022 47,962 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,042 3,305 1,387 3,238 Structural Pipe & Tube 44,441 37,740 42,252 40,878 Pipe For Piling 1,515 1,202 284 268 Wire Drawn 65,944 76,729 68,446 81,593 Black Plate 3,118 2,219 3,595 3,242 Tin Plate 22,589 18,253 30,474 21,674 Tin Free Steel 7,464 6,886 8,692 6,455 Sheets Hot Rolled 326,193 170,678 305,961 188,265 Sheets Cold Rolled 185,155 160,397 198,137 201,910 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 244,660 172,819 209,304 165,151 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,168 7,484 9,368 7,365 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,758 36,512 48,469 48,019 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,356 3,906 6,726 6,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,860 4,720 10,148 6,626 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,541 32,852 13,439 29,083 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.html. CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary February 2006 (CB-06-44)