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 January 2007 January 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,675,197 2,348,852 3,184,355 2,208,689 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,467 5,699 2,524 5,238 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 491,137 272,190 859,943 346,047 Wire Rods 188,663 102,072 359,200 166,826 Structural Shapes Heavy 109,293 72,368 56,407 35,210 Steel Piling 9,673 9,613 2,166 1,916 Plates Cut Lengths 63,346 92,416 99,925 100,198 Plates In Coils 99,988 77,161 69,509 44,592 Rails Standard 17,248 12,263 17,504 12,228 Rails All Other 2,788 2,794 1,546 1,352 Railroad Accessories 704 592 1,110 937 Bars - Hot Rolled 102,023 97,797 119,652 96,036 Bars - Light Shaped 25,271 17,167 23,988 15,271 Bars - Reinforcing 152,346 73,594 108,265 45,661 Bars - Cold Finished 29,339 69,310 25,252 47,976 Tool Steel 11,086 32,483 20,513 38,687 Standard Pipe 108,152 88,040 113,398 85,425 Oil Country Goods 167,566 199,524 152,820 192,577 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 53,044 64,047 48,517 50,239 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 36,425 36,166 33,377 31,312 Line Pipe - Not Specified 46,466 35,362 22,821 15,909 Mechanical Tubing 58,807 72,294 49,925 61,449 Pressure Tubing 7,585 19,368 6,952 15,300 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 16,778 98,571 11,236 62,599 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,770 4,240 1,042 3,305 Structural Pipe & Tube 56,933 50,043 44,441 37,740 Pipe For Piling 3,409 2,820 1,515 1,202 Wire Drawn 62,084 81,366 65,944 76,729 Black Plate 2,427 1,634 3,118 2,219 Tin Plate 40,964 31,884 22,589 18,253 Tin Free Steel 8,531 7,254 7,464 6,886 Sheets Hot Rolled 230,159 136,566 326,193 170,678 Sheets Cold Rolled 197,192 219,340 185,155 160,397 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 170,116 138,571 244,660 172,819 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,083 7,747 9,168 7,484 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 65,591 61,406 42,758 36,512 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,146 13,997 2,356 3,906 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,042 7,849 5,860 4,720 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,554 33,244 15,541 32,852 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 February 2007 (CB-07-43)