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 June 2006 June 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,494,828 14,514,759 15,242,787 12,464,632 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25,703 38,851 24,777 36,571 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,324,949 1,874,509 3,138,145 1,866,075 Wire Rods 1,432,508 699,109 1,289,486 724,463 Structural Shapes Heavy 517,691 317,540 289,265 187,213 Steel Piling 44,383 38,363 42,128 35,893 Plates Cut Lengths 722,154 656,844 504,214 526,432 Plates In Coils 723,775 423,300 515,581 365,678 Rails Standard 131,998 94,647 120,768 87,759 Rails All Other 12,593 10,297 11,418 9,670 Railroad Accessories 5,621 4,859 5,635 3,657 Bars - Hot Rolled 813,825 652,484 834,759 683,752 Bars - Light Shaped 143,134 93,378 103,680 70,041 Bars - Reinforcing 1,273,665 541,486 635,359 278,113 Bars - Cold Finished 189,298 343,885 217,330 392,063 Tool Steel 85,138 208,499 95,581 214,886 Standard Pipe 726,757 545,644 586,134 483,289 Oil Country Goods 924,560 1,154,473 719,644 787,028 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 345,444 367,374 283,749 297,292 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 230,677 237,153 166,102 146,936 Line Pipe - Not Specified 157,449 119,009 113,554 92,119 Mechanical Tubing 361,476 419,014 323,830 391,630 Pressure Tubing 49,358 103,820 53,437 89,475 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,879 353,952 61,918 318,966 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,995 23,580 7,202 18,072 Structural Pipe & Tube 310,159 259,924 290,529 268,078 Pipe For Piling 10,740 8,447 13,578 11,828 Wire Drawn 430,897 496,061 414,242 494,619 Black Plate 40,528 28,684 23,943 20,963 Tin Plate 211,588 157,975 205,278 154,698 Tin Free Steel 54,902 47,692 45,965 38,196 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,375,879 1,212,197 1,502,575 923,338 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,611,627 1,277,173 937,331 954,972 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,609,945 1,133,765 1,140,845 897,322 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 88,298 71,188 80,785 65,664 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 270,618 226,216 262,600 260,358 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,597 53,102 42,660 47,354 Strip - Hot Rolled 41,757 31,816 53,359 37,908 Strip - Cold Rolled 88,262 188,447 85,398 182,260 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 July 2006 (CB-06-130)