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 September 2007 September 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 23,717,265 22,513,822 31,723,783 23,217,545 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25,686 74,108 33,307 54,676 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,568,275 2,706,155 6,647,580 3,152,348 Wire Rods 1,192,355 735,533 2,167,026 1,068,999 Structural Shapes Heavy 611,392 477,479 736,804 464,235 Steel Piling 84,625 90,533 74,455 65,940 Plates Cut Lengths 997,199 1,287,388 1,132,098 1,051,945 Plates In Coils 731,245 647,226 1,243,451 744,025 Rails Standard 227,242 164,425 210,287 148,477 Rails All Other 55,091 38,449 21,432 17,784 Railroad Accessories 11,409 10,035 9,353 7,187 Bars - Hot Rolled 924,481 884,625 1,156,501 952,180 Bars - Light Shaped 171,351 131,535 216,479 147,666 Bars - Reinforcing 1,522,054 815,625 1,992,331 886,503 Bars - Cold Finished 237,218 613,504 278,173 522,198 Tool Steel 102,775 282,033 122,484 301,402 Standard Pipe 1,041,601 826,254 1,126,277 832,396 Oil Country Goods 1,375,802 1,758,810 1,423,666 1,801,924 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,271,022 1,643,086 585,361 619,782 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 347,664 366,866 354,976 369,931 Line Pipe - Not Specified 367,559 269,925 290,243 223,560 Mechanical Tubing 509,399 633,394 569,596 656,550 Pressure Tubing 86,721 204,761 77,340 156,301 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 124,530 911,408 99,719 567,353 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 16,020 41,503 13,041 37,729 Structural Pipe & Tube 494,942 438,110 472,522 399,284 Pipe For Piling 29,123 20,903 17,266 13,517 Wire Drawn 566,938 761,363 642,408 748,966 Black Plate 39,165 27,113 63,135 43,436 Tin Plate 360,751 282,643 337,870 253,765 Tin Free Steel 86,663 74,211 86,429 73,130 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,845,308 1,105,669 3,633,515 1,926,725 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,310,922 1,831,636 2,518,516 2,123,903 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,492,457 1,249,599 2,521,281 1,857,464 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 139,319 133,664 137,720 113,014 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 472,282 445,526 465,807 398,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 75,256 137,278 53,754 86,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 66,470 54,436 58,942 47,074 Strip - Cold Rolled 134,950 337,008 132,639 281,097 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary October 2007 (CB-07-162)