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 November 2006 November 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 38,343,045 28,853,269 26,479,121 21,377,107 Ingots And Steel For Castings 37,483 63,444 46,674 66,743 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,925,936 3,895,401 5,568,616 2,986,653 Wire Rods 2,602,406 1,307,483 2,116,384 1,165,247 Structural Shapes Heavy 846,228 549,125 514,595 324,178 Steel Piling 93,580 83,939 87,174 73,737 Plates Cut Lengths 1,401,896 1,351,104 900,370 947,711 Plates In Coils 1,507,321 934,678 864,428 596,298 Rails Standard 246,996 173,779 177,226 133,162 Rails All Other 35,814 27,021 17,868 15,238 Railroad Accessories 9,962 7,815 9,631 5,877 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,385,154 1,156,532 1,388,125 1,124,228 Bars - Light Shaped 261,262 180,147 206,465 131,667 Bars - Reinforcing 2,265,503 1,020,835 1,187,866 507,627 Bars - Cold Finished 341,099 668,980 391,165 689,607 Tool Steel 147,440 370,772 175,507 426,767 Standard Pipe 1,371,803 1,022,894 1,084,649 887,100 Oil Country Goods 1,735,599 2,195,620 1,389,845 1,580,901 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 758,770 814,966 474,631 506,762 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 446,068 456,524 326,588 317,724 Line Pipe - Not Specified 423,796 315,508 189,873 151,903 Mechanical Tubing 699,522 805,433 593,463 719,733 Pressure Tubing 95,309 192,610 88,563 160,969 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 128,036 732,012 112,825 605,436 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 15,936 47,448 13,491 36,885 Structural Pipe & Tube 596,941 510,253 477,997 436,208 Pipe For Piling 31,525 27,665 19,984 17,949 Wire Drawn 765,639 911,313 718,654 846,855 Black Plate 71,450 48,979 35,172 32,671 Tin Plate 438,344 329,617 359,830 276,065 Tin Free Steel 103,203 87,729 87,063 76,479 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,317,186 2,343,838 2,541,681 1,492,532 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,058,363 2,685,014 1,562,437 1,573,721 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 3,101,080 2,332,894 1,899,596 1,464,382 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 160,271 131,709 136,011 109,718 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 610,552 538,716 398,951 393,448 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,523 116,786 69,657 90,385 Strip - Hot Rolled 71,616 59,113 89,848 66,891 Strip - Cold Rolled 163,433 355,570 156,218 337,647 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 December 2006 (CB-07-14)