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 May 2006 May 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,144,463 12,007,230 12,793,013 10,390,136 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,758 33,047 21,056 32,019 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,795,208 1,612,819 2,692,812 1,590,868 Wire Rods 1,180,441 577,208 1,088,535 614,050 Structural Shapes Heavy 445,556 271,890 235,555 154,029 Steel Piling 37,611 32,415 38,946 33,335 Plates Cut Lengths 600,326 539,791 426,028 435,715 Plates In Coils 574,260 330,550 431,939 305,974 Rails Standard 108,906 76,893 113,527 81,905 Rails All Other 9,193 7,796 8,798 7,242 Railroad Accessories 4,194 3,609 5,596 3,629 Bars - Hot Rolled 675,237 541,901 699,515 575,587 Bars - Light Shaped 120,801 78,250 89,157 61,085 Bars - Reinforcing 1,059,925 449,593 476,038 206,056 Bars - Cold Finished 156,001 281,343 172,924 311,308 Tool Steel 71,145 169,991 80,710 178,628 Standard Pipe 605,309 454,123 477,774 395,589 Oil Country Goods 779,234 964,159 579,876 633,445 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 297,939 317,103 191,625 194,927 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 188,474 194,934 131,271 113,500 Line Pipe - Not Specified 133,154 101,571 94,684 76,306 Mechanical Tubing 292,460 344,053 268,904 327,156 Pressure Tubing 39,633 83,526 43,844 70,406 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 53,127 294,077 51,325 260,984 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,324 18,683 5,991 15,071 Structural Pipe & Tube 256,774 214,914 246,498 226,073 Pipe For Piling 7,163 5,572 11,881 10,584 Wire Drawn 354,773 406,818 346,520 411,443 Black Plate 34,161 24,572 20,486 17,691 Tin Plate 166,993 125,536 166,544 124,968 Tin Free Steel 40,620 35,590 37,724 30,278 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,961,780 993,695 1,295,828 798,333 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,312,991 1,035,789 824,751 827,728 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,320,970 917,795 979,206 772,116 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 77,930 62,288 59,020 49,152 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 217,344 181,922 227,073 224,460 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,169 42,535 35,700 37,301 Strip - Hot Rolled 35,686 26,767 44,931 31,878 Strip - Cold Rolled 72,893 154,114 70,419 149,314 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 June 2006 (CB-06-113)