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 October 2006 October 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 35,242,246 26,127,946 24,293,952 19,644,305 Ingots And Steel For Castings 35,244 58,612 40,879 57,875 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,362,487 3,565,775 5,142,440 2,807,700 Wire Rods 2,405,671 1,197,108 2,006,963 1,100,588 Structural Shapes Heavy 790,866 505,353 460,539 291,846 Steel Piling 86,985 77,796 77,781 66,053 Plates Cut Lengths 1,276,768 1,206,714 828,595 869,684 Plates In Coils 1,390,956 844,381 800,895 557,107 Rails Standard 223,214 157,975 163,007 123,243 Rails All Other 22,973 19,159 16,701 14,298 Railroad Accessories 9,679 7,531 9,196 5,601 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,263,185 1,044,592 1,282,934 1,039,182 Bars - Light Shaped 242,263 166,000 192,403 122,119 Bars - Reinforcing 2,136,049 956,278 1,029,195 438,193 Bars - Cold Finished 308,638 591,144 363,839 632,359 Tool Steel 133,409 331,634 159,234 381,463 Standard Pipe 1,268,320 937,221 986,293 808,093 Oil Country Goods 1,582,345 1,995,502 1,276,630 1,431,579 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 658,364 701,862 432,623 459,495 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 403,826 414,617 307,286 297,564 Line Pipe - Not Specified 361,164 272,078 178,294 142,970 Mechanical Tubing 630,746 730,279 538,405 652,470 Pressure Tubing 86,492 172,911 80,644 145,443 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 112,707 641,419 102,271 547,171 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,611 43,696 11,822 31,740 Structural Pipe & Tube 529,783 451,450 438,218 401,803 Pipe For Piling 19,278 15,059 19,294 17,146 Wire Drawn 707,485 834,308 657,992 776,346 Black Plate 66,658 45,941 33,308 30,850 Tin Plate 387,740 290,960 323,522 247,105 Tin Free Steel 94,285 79,981 75,377 66,416 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,000,604 2,148,239 2,337,270 1,381,135 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,807,878 2,426,802 1,417,845 1,447,429 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,850,431 2,124,297 1,708,394 1,330,116 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 151,482 124,458 130,813 104,736 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 543,961 474,730 374,619 371,324 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 62,871 101,716 63,833 79,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 64,886 52,560 83,625 60,970 Strip - Cold Rolled 147,944 317,807 140,972 305,902 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2006 (CB-06-188)