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 May 2008 May 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 11,975,565 12,887,437 13,401,190 12,381,358 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,865 29,721 15,705 41,170 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,423,173 1,694,616 2,403,356 1,388,489 Wire Rods 455,586 360,664 697,653 416,653 Structural Shapes Heavy 396,749 342,861 379,176 283,751 Steel Piling 36,538 46,420 51,021 54,278 Plates Cut Lengths 429,824 668,234 536,371 650,995 Plates In Coils 387,542 317,487 444,747 344,767 Rails Standard 98,467 77,408 124,633 89,947 Rails All Other 32,777 24,460 29,055 20,700 Railroad Accessories 4,507 4,481 5,447 4,897 Bars - Hot Rolled 489,123 541,871 522,563 493,382 Bars - Light Shaped 73,833 75,485 98,406 72,634 Bars - Reinforcing 542,731 380,144 838,182 419,800 Bars - Cold Finished 125,400 339,452 140,397 340,956 Tool Steel 69,845 204,940 61,053 163,521 Standard Pipe 402,018 418,445 540,771 434,914 Oil Country Goods 922,681 1,125,760 785,177 1,030,301 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 903,363 1,201,426 677,603 850,717 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 217,302 260,245 206,928 207,933 Line Pipe - Not Specified 170,302 133,672 208,680 154,916 Mechanical Tubing 228,067 349,386 289,387 355,617 Pressure Tubing 55,827 154,240 47,030 114,621 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 53,362 446,070 70,317 477,045 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,360 22,920 8,156 21,952 Structural Pipe & Tube 195,798 219,209 275,007 240,379 Pipe For Piling 6,773 5,405 16,319 11,331 Wire Drawn 293,288 433,111 319,555 419,624 Black Plate 10,687 7,823 10,667 8,714 Tin Plate 112,566 99,660 192,014 150,072 Tin Free Steel 43,277 42,043 51,884 44,319 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,118,629 753,116 1,092,871 638,380 Sheets Cold Rolled 611,179 977,840 844,458 1,063,167 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 691,504 617,185 912,420 749,093 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 69,436 74,458 74,966 70,954 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 153,355 154,323 271,203 255,299 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 42,653 74,566 42,950 80,531 Strip - Hot Rolled 23,007 24,779 39,137 32,978 Strip - Cold Rolled 69,168 183,512 75,924 182,562 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 June 2008 (CB-08-110)