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 August 2006 August 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 28,186,735 20,440,910 19,656,223 16,129,914 Ingots And Steel For Castings 32,460 52,918 33,417 46,671 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,932,936 2,751,291 4,046,429 2,340,327 Wire Rods 1,929,232 945,467 1,665,518 926,903 Structural Shapes Heavy 657,168 410,736 379,503 241,966 Steel Piling 71,981 63,087 62,777 53,166 Plates Cut Lengths 1,005,941 923,519 645,479 687,295 Plates In Coils 1,127,310 668,496 636,614 459,952 Rails Standard 182,534 129,349 152,864 114,425 Rails All Other 20,050 16,622 13,944 11,852 Railroad Accessories 8,190 6,408 7,734 4,743 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,059,351 867,666 1,072,016 867,429 Bars - Light Shaped 191,774 128,494 147,186 94,111 Bars - Reinforcing 1,656,634 721,449 885,842 384,542 Bars - Cold Finished 251,562 469,441 279,624 508,947 Tool Steel 111,729 275,266 128,851 301,818 Standard Pipe 991,562 734,090 785,389 645,922 Oil Country Goods 1,291,090 1,603,018 1,019,675 1,130,885 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 503,620 540,161 354,105 372,774 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 318,847 330,209 241,585 230,115 Line Pipe - Not Specified 258,409 202,044 145,938 117,964 Mechanical Tubing 504,955 582,798 430,905 523,076 Pressure Tubing 69,190 138,897 68,243 122,923 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 88,878 509,020 82,727 436,425 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,689 33,378 9,362 24,311 Structural Pipe & Tube 405,349 343,670 366,923 337,431 Pipe For Piling 14,715 11,350 15,009 13,176 Wire Drawn 579,544 671,384 542,497 642,891 Black Plate 54,886 38,071 28,857 26,372 Tin Plate 300,697 225,497 261,574 199,064 Tin Free Steel 80,777 68,480 60,462 52,631 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,269,962 1,709,586 1,850,725 1,133,234 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,250,110 1,862,124 1,166,432 1,200,530 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,214,363 1,601,514 1,410,283 1,111,059 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 122,364 99,592 100,655 81,337 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 396,587 334,823 320,702 320,819 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,006 74,407 54,676 66,172 Strip - Hot Rolled 53,645 42,427 67,793 48,003 Strip - Cold Rolled 118,641 254,159 113,908 248,652 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 September 2006 (CB-06-158)