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 September 2006 September 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 31,723,783 23,217,545 21,756,527 17,749,637 Ingots And Steel For Castings 33,307 54,676 36,053 50,731 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,647,580 3,152,348 4,478,009 2,525,320 Wire Rods 2,167,026 1,068,999 1,837,302 1,013,979 Structural Shapes Heavy 736,804 464,235 424,129 269,012 Steel Piling 74,455 65,940 66,806 56,562 Plates Cut Lengths 1,132,098 1,051,945 738,614 772,698 Plates In Coils 1,243,451 744,025 720,747 512,276 Rails Standard 210,287 148,477 160,057 120,448 Rails All Other 21,432 17,784 14,918 12,707 Railroad Accessories 9,353 7,187 8,839 5,372 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,156,501 952,180 1,168,965 943,312 Bars - Light Shaped 216,479 147,666 165,356 105,586 Bars - Reinforcing 1,992,331 886,503 933,316 402,163 Bars - Cold Finished 278,173 522,198 318,535 566,968 Tool Steel 122,484 301,402 143,008 336,740 Standard Pipe 1,126,277 832,396 885,392 727,669 Oil Country Goods 1,423,666 1,801,924 1,137,115 1,270,248 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 585,361 619,782 379,616 398,587 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 354,976 369,931 269,939 258,932 Line Pipe - Not Specified 290,243 223,560 165,575 133,423 Mechanical Tubing 569,596 656,550 481,508 586,169 Pressure Tubing 77,340 156,301 73,909 133,271 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 99,719 567,353 92,447 487,730 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,041 37,729 10,580 27,826 Structural Pipe & Tube 472,522 399,284 403,493 370,068 Pipe For Piling 17,266 13,517 15,811 13,922 Wire Drawn 642,408 748,966 597,932 706,104 Black Plate 63,135 43,436 30,736 27,817 Tin Plate 337,870 253,765 294,529 224,491 Tin Free Steel 86,429 73,130 67,407 58,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,633,515 1,926,725 2,063,663 1,245,103 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,518,516 2,123,903 1,292,884 1,325,343 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,521,281 1,857,464 1,552,272 1,216,562 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 137,720 113,014 116,905 93,662 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 465,807 398,893 348,541 346,050 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 53,754 86,189 59,916 73,553 Strip - Hot Rolled 58,942 47,074 75,027 54,997 Strip - Cold Rolled 132,639 281,097 126,677 275,313 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 October 2006 (CB-06-172)