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 November 2007 November 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 28,340,473 27,080,006 38,343,045 28,853,269 Ingots And Steel For Castings 30,559 88,411 37,483 63,444 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,649,182 3,350,076 7,925,936 3,895,401 Wire Rods 1,329,871 837,478 2,602,406 1,307,483 Structural Shapes Heavy 726,914 573,200 846,228 549,125 Steel Piling 93,322 100,088 93,580 83,939 Plates Cut Lengths 1,179,656 1,539,036 1,401,896 1,351,104 Plates In Coils 870,835 745,988 1,507,321 934,678 Rails Standard 258,871 186,701 246,996 173,779 Rails All Other 74,711 51,241 35,814 27,021 Railroad Accessories 13,398 12,232 9,962 7,815 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,115,603 1,075,019 1,385,154 1,156,532 Bars - Light Shaped 205,332 160,152 261,262 180,147 Bars - Reinforcing 1,638,351 891,343 2,265,503 1,020,835 Bars - Cold Finished 292,437 750,306 341,099 668,980 Tool Steel 131,509 358,279 147,440 370,772 Standard Pipe 1,219,361 983,221 1,371,803 1,022,894 Oil Country Goods 1,669,513 2,118,744 1,735,599 2,195,620 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,649,173 2,142,280 758,770 814,966 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 425,918 460,788 446,068 456,524 Line Pipe - Not Specified 440,532 322,618 423,796 315,508 Mechanical Tubing 607,973 766,572 699,522 805,433 Pressure Tubing 101,235 243,200 95,309 192,610 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 147,581 1,110,659 128,036 732,012 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 19,704 52,599 15,936 47,448 Structural Pipe & Tube 584,122 520,807 596,941 510,253 Pipe For Piling 35,709 26,092 31,525 27,665 Wire Drawn 679,859 917,762 765,639 911,313 Black Plate 42,236 29,358 71,450 48,979 Tin Plate 436,918 341,968 438,344 329,617 Tin Free Steel 104,770 90,482 103,203 87,729 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,257,927 1,353,281 4,317,186 2,343,838 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,534,534 2,109,638 3,058,363 2,685,014 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,738,020 1,461,320 3,101,080 2,332,894 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 171,031 165,377 160,271 131,709 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 528,132 500,453 610,552 538,716 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 93,826 169,664 70,523 116,786 Strip - Hot Rolled 78,054 63,807 71,616 59,113 Strip - Cold Rolled 163,793 409,764 163,433 355,570 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 December 2007 (CB-08-15)