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 July 2007 July 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 19,150,253 17,932,578 24,382,733 17,447,325 Ingots And Steel For Castings 22,325 63,325 28,653 45,017 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,708,893 2,185,737 5,075,285 2,260,090 Wire Rods 991,088 597,384 1,691,412 827,482 Structural Shapes Heavy 495,800 377,135 591,746 366,544 Steel Piling 68,604 73,273 64,238 55,674 Plates Cut Lengths 778,107 983,807 852,239 779,549 Plates In Coils 612,055 534,137 953,650 557,096 Rails Standard 173,444 124,614 171,696 121,698 Rails All Other 44,798 31,592 15,487 12,691 Railroad Accessories 8,897 7,543 6,779 5,399 Bars - Hot Rolled 725,041 695,410 947,026 765,101 Bars - Light Shaped 140,805 107,533 174,926 113,212 Bars - Reinforcing 1,302,288 682,224 1,465,203 629,642 Bars - Cold Finished 191,262 481,963 220,361 407,045 Tool Steel 82,871 224,490 98,776 242,785 Standard Pipe 810,606 643,105 849,642 639,596 Oil Country Goods 1,091,948 1,414,335 1,120,413 1,383,191 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 986,576 1,258,517 431,496 460,304 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 292,821 308,791 276,174 286,709 Line Pipe - Not Specified 299,884 222,479 203,131 153,162 Mechanical Tubing 415,396 509,041 437,330 501,537 Pressure Tubing 68,214 161,825 57,683 117,959 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 97,483 694,949 75,773 426,205 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,005 31,880 10,170 28,827 Structural Pipe & Tube 396,844 346,687 362,694 303,036 Pipe For Piling 21,668 15,729 12,111 9,565 Wire Drawn 450,967 598,907 503,666 581,496 Black Plate 20,702 15,500 47,594 33,361 Tin Plate 276,658 216,486 257,051 192,627 Tin Free Steel 69,258 59,269 69,303 59,345 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,478,017 878,733 2,816,845 1,451,519 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,110,184 1,513,927 1,926,956 1,563,681 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,213,479 1,006,452 1,930,041 1,376,449 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 102,018 99,211 108,694 86,929 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 370,244 348,375 335,154 280,148 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 60,670 112,503 43,094 66,380 Strip - Hot Rolled 53,596 44,098 47,922 36,572 Strip - Cold Rolled 104,736 261,610 102,319 219,699 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 August 2007 (CB-07-133)