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 February 2007 February 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,093,086 4,538,911 6,495,588 4,433,168 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,591 10,790 5,925 10,548 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 956,910 527,909 1,648,206 678,516 Wire Rods 286,973 163,062 653,777 304,360 Structural Shapes Heavy 172,316 122,084 160,511 95,963 Steel Piling 21,398 21,896 12,172 10,970 Plates Cut Lengths 159,143 204,236 204,959 197,690 Plates In Coils 174,782 135,178 156,404 95,077 Rails Standard 47,253 33,157 39,466 28,116 Rails All Other 3,895 3,995 2,589 2,212 Railroad Accessories 1,757 1,751 1,353 1,403 Bars - Hot Rolled 191,051 177,860 250,843 197,849 Bars - Light Shaped 43,679 31,151 50,039 31,159 Bars - Reinforcing 313,835 148,754 377,910 159,737 Bars - Cold Finished 56,223 133,219 54,720 102,126 Tool Steel 21,623 60,998 32,267 71,070 Standard Pipe 184,095 156,144 235,002 175,919 Oil Country Goods 314,422 387,768 275,393 340,038 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 181,603 220,644 71,842 74,994 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 78,818 77,409 66,536 66,021 Line Pipe - Not Specified 77,208 58,970 41,124 28,716 Mechanical Tubing 112,490 133,825 103,137 124,216 Pressure Tubing 13,394 31,816 13,957 28,795 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 29,849 182,841 19,897 113,443 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,700 7,363 2,093 6,724 Structural Pipe & Tube 101,504 89,694 104,048 82,703 Pipe For Piling 5,904 4,470 2,264 1,751 Wire Drawn 119,156 153,933 126,607 143,626 Black Plate 3,982 3,387 5,679 4,217 Tin Plate 68,521 54,234 54,543 41,750 Tin Free Steel 14,813 13,049 12,320 11,245 Sheets Hot Rolled 411,124 240,446 640,369 329,065 Sheets Cold Rolled 363,710 415,937 435,108 359,027 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 332,591 272,707 467,137 333,627 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 26,805 24,311 28,311 22,943 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 137,643 127,920 82,654 69,435 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 16,086 29,944 13,342 16,712 Strip - Hot Rolled 15,138 13,721 14,493 11,488 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,096 62,336 28,589 59,917 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 March 2007 (CB-07-58)