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 March 2007 March 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 7,851,685 7,054,257 10,179,407 6,964,813 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,763 20,570 10,359 17,383 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,440,381 803,599 2,562,663 1,066,946 Wire Rods 421,105 244,330 838,065 399,364 Structural Shapes Heavy 240,000 172,623 272,952 161,063 Steel Piling 30,566 31,264 21,291 18,826 Plates Cut Lengths 306,844 372,164 323,673 311,539 Plates In Coils 255,212 196,299 254,484 153,533 Rails Standard 70,328 49,974 69,428 50,065 Rails All Other 7,273 6,730 3,509 2,986 Railroad Accessories 3,612 3,334 2,461 2,132 Bars - Hot Rolled 303,194 285,480 375,310 296,896 Bars - Light Shaped 61,356 43,887 69,243 44,247 Bars - Reinforcing 512,971 246,479 605,872 256,208 Bars - Cold Finished 81,698 201,051 85,075 156,082 Tool Steel 34,654 95,575 45,777 105,195 Standard Pipe 294,404 244,400 362,725 272,673 Oil Country Goods 469,862 598,533 425,098 525,644 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 297,800 368,580 157,472 167,194 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 107,693 102,993 94,024 95,846 Line Pipe - Not Specified 135,372 100,551 65,769 46,785 Mechanical Tubing 175,689 210,222 154,090 187,671 Pressure Tubing 22,845 55,092 21,880 45,523 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 43,233 283,212 29,605 167,874 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,084 11,866 3,580 10,655 Structural Pipe & Tube 163,759 142,546 153,523 127,521 Pipe For Piling 9,387 6,528 3,841 2,859 Wire Drawn 182,205 237,978 201,861 232,411 Black Plate 8,075 6,269 10,432 7,814 Tin Plate 106,998 83,386 88,181 67,171 Tin Free Steel 23,838 20,606 22,997 20,727 Sheets Hot Rolled 640,914 371,124 1,090,867 548,046 Sheets Cold Rolled 545,120 623,213 724,130 577,428 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 526,631 430,013 770,676 539,082 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 45,506 42,967 48,780 38,705 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 181,185 170,304 124,837 104,500 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 24,733 47,690 18,861 27,138 Strip - Hot Rolled 23,318 21,466 22,225 17,265 Strip - Cold Rolled 42,074 101,362 43,792 91,818 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 April 2007 (CB-07-72)