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 December 2006 December 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 41,071,051 31,250,315 29,128,436 23,321,039 Ingots And Steel For Castings 40,107 70,084 49,453 73,093 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,414,585 4,176,790 6,225,092 3,278,651 Wire Rods 2,763,350 1,398,634 2,273,756 1,252,267 Structural Shapes Heavy 942,915 616,229 575,247 364,830 Steel Piling 97,145 87,881 94,325 79,871 Plates Cut Lengths 1,514,668 1,473,089 997,571 1,040,647 Plates In Coils 1,583,842 1,000,956 941,675 641,284 Rails Standard 271,451 191,376 184,869 138,173 Rails All Other 37,965 29,006 20,254 17,120 Railroad Accessories 10,124 7,969 9,978 6,203 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,467,992 1,237,934 1,504,427 1,214,626 Bars - Light Shaped 284,616 196,582 224,876 142,598 Bars - Reinforcing 2,347,290 1,060,694 1,292,198 551,680 Bars - Cold Finished 376,903 737,215 413,947 738,082 Tool Steel 159,518 404,971 191,679 466,244 Standard Pipe 1,460,251 1,095,246 1,188,158 970,032 Oil Country Goods 1,888,116 2,390,915 1,507,868 1,731,822 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 845,129 910,641 533,369 567,472 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 487,400 497,120 348,553 338,087 Line Pipe - Not Specified 474,612 351,654 202,593 161,341 Mechanical Tubing 754,241 873,079 653,060 791,861 Pressure Tubing 100,180 205,277 94,996 172,673 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 142,012 820,740 121,963 657,324 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,246 51,032 14,742 40,710 Structural Pipe & Tube 639,810 547,268 512,488 465,252 Pipe For Piling 35,400 30,404 21,595 19,457 Wire Drawn 819,548 983,846 776,265 913,417 Black Plate 76,215 52,646 36,445 33,800 Tin Plate 494,440 370,797 390,723 299,693 Tin Free Steel 108,604 92,195 92,265 81,136 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,604,775 2,507,387 2,871,174 1,664,655 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,321,391 2,941,236 1,740,119 1,722,031 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 3,309,204 2,506,247 2,104,100 1,606,965 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 175,401 143,240 146,646 118,652 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 670,896 597,222 430,660 420,845 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 80,622 140,742 74,916 100,436 Strip - Hot Rolled 75,511 63,827 95,854 71,411 Strip - Cold Rolled 177,575 388,142 170,540 366,600 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 January 2007 (CB-07-28)