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 April 2006 April 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 13,572,528 9,396,040 10,394,096 8,350,930 Ingots And Steel For Castings 15,729 25,097 16,432 26,732 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,114,712 1,310,616 2,279,994 1,331,984 Wire Rods 1,036,425 498,916 831,693 477,989 Structural Shapes Heavy 364,553 219,157 189,680 124,544 Steel Piling 26,584 23,307 34,467 29,296 Plates Cut Lengths 455,720 423,572 324,195 338,221 Plates In Coils 392,905 231,162 373,184 263,220 Rails Standard 88,245 62,654 86,129 58,636 Rails All Other 5,607 4,973 7,309 5,899 Railroad Accessories 3,670 3,115 3,903 2,520 Bars - Hot Rolled 529,487 416,814 563,240 459,864 Bars - Light Shaped 100,183 63,336 62,728 45,621 Bars - Reinforcing 872,638 368,702 350,215 152,382 Bars - Cold Finished 127,198 225,635 136,231 245,051 Tool Steel 58,352 137,448 63,720 139,291 Standard Pipe 480,097 361,147 383,067 315,370 Oil Country Goods 604,840 743,632 435,029 466,939 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 219,689 234,674 133,831 135,284 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 140,550 138,312 101,372 85,807 Line Pipe - Not Specified 90,962 63,058 71,756 56,653 Mechanical Tubing 220,265 263,648 210,165 253,541 Pressure Tubing 32,524 67,891 33,162 51,600 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 40,292 230,305 40,384 197,133 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,858 14,322 4,800 12,146 Structural Pipe & Tube 199,450 166,663 201,949 184,327 Pipe For Piling 5,257 3,790 10,672 9,536 Wire Drawn 271,696 312,886 277,963 325,744 Black Plate 20,420 14,271 16,913 14,031 Tin Plate 138,280 104,142 135,388 100,290 Tin Free Steel 31,884 27,916 31,380 24,439 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,442,297 730,733 1,118,316 687,225 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,058,492 816,545 716,605 708,458 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,035,046 718,537 793,751 624,903 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 60,588 48,470 46,557 38,531 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 172,190 143,053 183,926 182,443 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 22,876 33,247 29,425 31,176 Strip - Hot Rolled 30,210 22,571 38,569 26,376 Strip - Cold Rolled 57,758 121,724 55,997 117,727 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 May 2006 (CB-06-100)