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 March 2008 March 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 7,004,225 7,303,766 7,851,685 7,054,257 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,235 18,460 7,763 20,570 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,333,393 899,437 1,440,381 803,599 Wire Rods 238,644 178,218 421,105 244,330 Structural Shapes Heavy 262,236 214,058 240,000 172,623 Steel Piling 21,071 25,963 30,566 31,264 Plates Cut Lengths 271,009 397,480 306,844 372,164 Plates In Coils 211,385 162,408 255,212 196,299 Rails Standard 54,874 44,276 70,328 49,974 Rails All Other 26,861 18,630 7,273 6,730 Railroad Accessories 3,037 2,922 3,612 3,334 Bars - Hot Rolled 295,610 318,382 303,194 285,480 Bars - Light Shaped 46,534 45,074 61,356 43,887 Bars - Reinforcing 334,040 219,950 512,971 246,479 Bars - Cold Finished 70,743 190,535 81,698 201,051 Tool Steel 42,064 120,207 34,654 95,575 Standard Pipe 238,453 239,333 294,404 244,400 Oil Country Goods 535,987 629,328 469,862 598,533 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 558,367 729,159 297,800 368,580 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 121,367 134,298 107,693 102,993 Line Pipe - Not Specified 110,193 83,280 135,372 100,551 Mechanical Tubing 133,017 195,246 175,689 210,222 Pressure Tubing 39,577 107,350 22,845 55,092 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 30,816 254,612 43,233 283,212 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,573 12,446 4,084 11,866 Structural Pipe & Tube 115,570 118,281 163,759 142,546 Pipe For Piling 4,429 3,334 9,387 6,528 Wire Drawn 168,752 238,440 182,205 237,978 Black Plate 7,676 5,486 8,075 6,269 Tin Plate 79,210 68,442 106,998 83,386 Tin Free Steel 21,417 21,035 23,838 20,606 Sheets Hot Rolled 626,522 389,396 640,914 371,124 Sheets Cold Rolled 374,289 563,486 545,120 623,213 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 389,452 339,235 526,631 430,013 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 39,524 39,327 45,506 42,967 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 105,745 103,156 181,185 170,304 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 27,803 46,869 24,733 47,690 Strip - Hot Rolled 13,041 14,003 23,318 21,466 Strip - Cold Rolled 42,707 112,222 42,074 101,362 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 April 2008 (CB-08-81)