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 July 2006 July 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,382,733 17,447,325 17,556,065 14,329,967 Ingots And Steel For Castings 28,653 45,017 29,787 41,952 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,075,285 2,260,090 3,682,336 2,149,616 Wire Rods 1,691,412 827,482 1,508,811 837,911 Structural Shapes Heavy 591,746 366,544 335,318 215,908 Steel Piling 64,238 55,674 52,195 44,391 Plates Cut Lengths 852,239 779,549 576,941 609,927 Plates In Coils 953,650 557,096 578,259 417,001 Rails Standard 171,696 121,698 136,647 101,911 Rails All Other 15,487 12,691 12,348 10,493 Railroad Accessories 6,779 5,399 6,593 4,159 Bars - Hot Rolled 947,026 765,101 956,528 783,991 Bars - Light Shaped 174,926 113,212 130,126 83,932 Bars - Reinforcing 1,465,203 629,642 803,716 350,596 Bars - Cold Finished 220,361 407,045 250,789 453,553 Tool Steel 98,776 242,785 111,764 257,520 Standard Pipe 849,642 639,596 668,605 553,429 Oil Country Goods 1,120,413 1,383,191 838,459 919,487 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 431,496 460,304 319,771 337,881 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 276,174 286,709 213,156 200,964 Line Pipe - Not Specified 203,131 153,162 129,060 104,274 Mechanical Tubing 437,330 501,537 375,635 455,435 Pressure Tubing 57,683 117,959 60,267 105,433 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 75,773 426,205 71,033 369,144 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,170 28,827 8,115 20,592 Structural Pipe & Tube 362,694 303,036 325,004 300,463 Pipe For Piling 12,111 9,565 13,873 12,119 Wire Drawn 503,666 581,496 476,419 566,804 Black Plate 47,594 33,361 26,139 23,181 Tin Plate 257,051 192,627 230,338 175,250 Tin Free Steel 69,303 59,345 53,523 45,711 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,816,845 1,451,519 1,687,860 1,040,062 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,926,956 1,563,681 1,045,767 1,071,836 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,930,041 1,376,449 1,252,936 988,420 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 108,694 86,929 88,127 71,442 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 335,154 280,148 291,655 290,372 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 43,094 66,380 49,276 57,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 47,922 36,572 59,804 42,085 Strip - Cold Rolled 102,319 219,699 99,086 215,239 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 August 2006 (CB-06-144)