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 February 2008 February 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,672,046 4,771,914 5,093,086 4,538,911 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,441 12,152 4,591 10,790 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 920,218 618,701 956,910 527,909 Wire Rods 161,389 120,490 286,973 163,062 Structural Shapes Heavy 204,995 162,758 172,316 122,084 Steel Piling 13,208 16,064 21,398 21,896 Plates Cut Lengths 155,497 229,691 159,143 204,236 Plates In Coils 132,816 101,345 174,782 135,178 Rails Standard 32,904 26,685 47,253 33,157 Rails All Other 10,560 8,169 3,895 3,995 Railroad Accessories 1,842 1,836 1,757 1,751 Bars - Hot Rolled 191,979 203,374 191,051 177,860 Bars - Light Shaped 29,416 28,524 43,679 31,151 Bars - Reinforcing 223,578 143,702 313,835 148,754 Bars - Cold Finished 46,475 122,868 56,223 133,219 Tool Steel 28,066 76,337 21,623 60,998 Standard Pipe 134,632 134,575 184,095 156,144 Oil Country Goods 333,960 386,519 314,422 387,768 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 383,713 505,021 181,603 220,644 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 76,573 81,177 78,818 77,409 Line Pipe - Not Specified 81,279 61,086 77,208 58,970 Mechanical Tubing 82,449 118,707 112,490 133,825 Pressure Tubing 30,043 82,144 13,394 31,816 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,535 158,625 29,849 182,841 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,216 7,406 2,700 7,363 Structural Pipe & Tube 74,974 74,826 101,504 89,694 Pipe For Piling 3,898 2,920 5,904 4,470 Wire Drawn 113,757 155,796 119,156 153,933 Black Plate 6,492 4,551 3,982 3,387 Tin Plate 51,267 44,223 68,521 54,234 Tin Free Steel 14,250 13,949 14,813 13,049 Sheets Hot Rolled 448,503 268,035 411,124 240,446 Sheets Cold Rolled 259,382 374,586 363,710 415,937 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 237,808 206,033 332,591 272,707 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,370 27,118 26,805 24,311 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 78,705 74,879 137,643 127,920 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 16,876 29,575 16,086 29,944 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,271 9,069 15,138 13,721 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,708 78,399 26,096 62,336 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 March 2008 (CB-08-62)