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 January 2008 January 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,419,196 2,444,484 2,675,197 2,348,852 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,292 8,248 2,467 5,699 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 417,287 272,306 491,137 272,190 Wire Rods 89,104 64,339 188,663 102,072 Structural Shapes Heavy 111,893 88,077 109,293 72,368 Steel Piling 7,038 8,488 9,673 9,613 Plates Cut Lengths 92,267 121,220 63,346 92,416 Plates In Coils 71,947 50,704 99,988 77,161 Rails Standard 11,695 9,055 17,248 12,263 Rails All Other 1,981 1,811 2,788 2,794 Railroad Accessories 1,328 1,168 704 592 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,737 113,275 102,023 97,797 Bars - Light Shaped 17,000 14,864 25,271 17,167 Bars - Reinforcing 115,314 73,531 152,346 73,594 Bars - Cold Finished 25,026 61,737 29,339 69,310 Tool Steel 15,537 40,658 11,086 32,483 Standard Pipe 73,853 73,689 108,152 88,040 Oil Country Goods 197,726 229,922 167,566 199,524 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 184,201 237,126 53,044 64,047 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 47,277 47,494 36,425 36,166 Line Pipe - Not Specified 46,450 35,293 46,466 35,362 Mechanical Tubing 45,829 67,238 58,807 72,294 Pressure Tubing 12,691 34,674 7,585 19,368 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,859 88,442 16,778 98,571 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,048 3,072 1,770 4,240 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,243 37,690 56,933 50,043 Pipe For Piling 2,284 1,617 3,409 2,820 Wire Drawn 58,436 79,061 62,084 81,366 Black Plate 1,960 1,434 2,427 1,634 Tin Plate 28,758 24,564 40,964 31,884 Tin Free Steel 5,488 5,198 8,531 7,254 Sheets Hot Rolled 220,501 129,898 230,159 136,566 Sheets Cold Rolled 130,525 183,573 197,192 219,340 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,160 114,878 170,116 138,571 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,500 15,070 8,083 7,747 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 45,874 42,396 65,591 61,406 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,600 16,721 7,146 13,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,569 4,733 7,042 7,849 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,916 41,219 13,554 33,244 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 February 2008 (CB-08-48)