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 February 2006 February 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,495,588 4,433,168 5,083,448 4,001,809 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,925 10,548 9,259 13,318 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,648,206 678,516 1,222,675 687,859 Wire Rods 653,777 304,360 463,387 258,527 Structural Shapes Heavy 160,511 95,963 88,482 57,925 Steel Piling 12,172 10,970 9,249 8,028 Plates Cut Lengths 204,959 197,690 127,908 134,955 Plates In Coils 156,404 95,077 158,582 115,944 Rails Standard 39,466 28,116 39,207 25,687 Rails All Other 2,589 2,212 2,292 2,064 Railroad Accessories 1,353 1,403 1,290 941 Bars - Hot Rolled 250,843 197,849 272,514 224,855 Bars - Light Shaped 50,039 31,159 27,196 20,000 Bars - Reinforcing 377,910 159,737 158,778 69,128 Bars - Cold Finished 54,720 102,126 64,543 114,264 Tool Steel 32,267 71,070 31,337 63,357 Standard Pipe 235,002 175,919 180,643 146,651 Oil Country Goods 275,393 340,038 209,243 213,494 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 71,842 74,994 51,794 48,037 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 66,536 66,021 53,589 44,145 Line Pipe - Not Specified 41,124 28,716 30,175 23,264 Mechanical Tubing 103,137 124,216 100,106 119,692 Pressure Tubing 13,957 28,795 14,207 21,451 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,897 113,443 19,997 96,615 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,093 6,724 2,330 5,884 Structural Pipe & Tube 104,048 82,703 106,795 97,366 Pipe For Piling 2,264 1,751 1,742 1,439 Wire Drawn 126,607 143,626 134,450 158,018 Black Plate 5,679 4,217 5,852 5,096 Tin Plate 54,543 41,750 57,648 41,138 Tin Free Steel 12,320 11,245 16,159 12,276 Sheets Hot Rolled 640,369 329,065 536,113 326,441 Sheets Cold Rolled 435,108 359,027 353,414 368,787 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 467,137 333,627 371,359 292,980 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 28,311 22,943 16,566 13,445 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 82,654 69,435 84,224 85,019 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 13,342 16,712 14,917 14,733 Strip - Hot Rolled 14,493 11,488 19,287 12,955 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,589 59,917 26,137 56,030 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 March 2006 (CB-06-61)