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 April 2008 April 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,706,751 10,161,661 10,436,149 9,565,367 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,761 26,016 10,398 30,633 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,012,253 1,357,481 2,006,153 1,137,966 Wire Rods 387,205 295,847 501,965 303,009 Structural Shapes Heavy 324,041 273,037 295,554 218,825 Steel Piling 31,906 40,060 42,267 44,278 Plates Cut Lengths 356,039 534,925 410,838 493,025 Plates In Coils 315,489 245,010 343,307 265,446 Rails Standard 75,155 59,945 95,592 68,465 Rails All Other 28,508 20,503 16,477 12,587 Railroad Accessories 3,608 3,546 4,715 4,335 Bars - Hot Rolled 404,093 436,877 404,297 383,895 Bars - Light Shaped 60,715 59,926 76,780 55,549 Bars - Reinforcing 491,424 338,522 620,020 301,544 Bars - Cold Finished 104,175 273,405 114,954 272,582 Tool Steel 57,090 164,107 48,727 130,032 Standard Pipe 331,172 335,082 399,447 327,720 Oil Country Goods 709,942 849,596 601,182 794,422 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 731,846 968,800 491,122 612,284 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 169,312 195,482 159,503 155,191 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145,102 111,677 169,082 125,190 Mechanical Tubing 183,777 273,729 231,312 279,761 Pressure Tubing 47,313 132,031 33,327 82,889 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 42,419 346,220 57,153 383,888 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,991 17,680 6,082 16,643 Structural Pipe & Tube 155,279 164,974 214,170 188,638 Pipe For Piling 4,947 3,753 11,707 8,288 Wire Drawn 231,339 332,092 249,224 325,362 Black Plate 8,492 6,126 9,838 8,054 Tin Plate 92,414 81,032 157,903 122,645 Tin Free Steel 33,962 33,092 33,503 28,745 Sheets Hot Rolled 876,125 563,357 828,327 482,922 Sheets Cold Rolled 486,684 766,970 671,416 815,134 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 493,777 433,417 718,304 588,133 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 56,484 59,084 55,697 53,261 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 130,536 129,249 222,152 209,031 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 37,315 63,304 32,825 63,383 Strip - Hot Rolled 18,237 19,457 31,286 27,209 Strip - Cold Rolled 55,819 146,247 59,545 144,405 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 May 2008 (CB-08-94)