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 March 2006 March 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,179,407 6,964,813 7,599,774 6,067,047 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,359 17,383 12,454 19,538 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,562,663 1,066,946 1,688,845 970,564 Wire Rods 838,065 399,364 634,837 363,831 Structural Shapes Heavy 272,952 161,063 139,623 91,754 Steel Piling 21,291 18,826 19,609 17,043 Plates Cut Lengths 323,673 311,539 234,410 238,170 Plates In Coils 254,484 153,533 270,002 192,535 Rails Standard 69,428 50,065 66,264 44,571 Rails All Other 3,509 2,986 5,258 4,347 Railroad Accessories 2,461 2,132 2,994 2,007 Bars - Hot Rolled 375,310 296,896 402,589 334,957 Bars - Light Shaped 69,243 44,247 46,713 34,889 Bars - Reinforcing 605,872 256,208 262,920 113,396 Bars - Cold Finished 85,075 156,082 96,957 174,585 Tool Steel 45,777 105,195 46,883 99,001 Standard Pipe 362,725 272,673 270,592 223,054 Oil Country Goods 425,098 525,644 287,069 305,350 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 157,472 167,194 96,543 96,487 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 94,024 95,846 69,934 58,137 Line Pipe - Not Specified 65,769 46,785 40,782 32,099 Mechanical Tubing 154,090 187,671 152,248 182,501 Pressure Tubing 21,880 45,523 23,414 36,135 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 29,605 167,874 29,340 143,972 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,580 10,655 3,703 9,075 Structural Pipe & Tube 153,523 127,521 151,066 138,173 Pipe For Piling 3,841 2,859 2,147 1,847 Wire Drawn 201,861 232,411 206,173 241,492 Black Plate 10,432 7,814 14,526 11,786 Tin Plate 88,181 67,171 100,106 73,239 Tin Free Steel 22,997 20,727 22,413 17,138 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,090,867 548,046 845,276 517,216 Sheets Cold Rolled 724,130 577,428 535,601 546,297 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 770,676 539,082 563,157 443,857 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 48,780 38,705 31,918 26,511 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 124,837 104,500 131,585 133,913 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 18,861 27,138 21,520 21,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 22,225 17,265 28,898 19,495 Strip - Cold Rolled 43,792 91,818 41,405 86,644 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 April 2006 (CB-06-78)