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 June 2008 June 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,452,117 15,984,928 16,167,376 15,105,232 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,590 34,916 19,141 51,596 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,971,550 2,181,165 2,977,230 1,746,255 Wire Rods 564,529 462,968 850,237 505,731 Structural Shapes Heavy 440,434 395,484 438,143 333,287 Steel Piling 44,362 56,940 61,892 66,165 Plates Cut Lengths 523,652 828,473 636,359 804,119 Plates In Coils 460,978 399,747 526,478 445,623 Rails Standard 110,644 89,174 160,588 115,259 Rails All Other 35,049 26,789 32,327 23,758 Railroad Accessories 4,916 5,032 6,889 5,976 Bars - Hot Rolled 616,430 693,807 628,037 600,723 Bars - Light Shaped 90,675 95,013 117,281 89,171 Bars - Reinforcing 603,455 432,402 1,038,096 527,376 Bars - Cold Finished 149,953 418,623 168,873 413,814 Tool Steel 81,549 245,886 71,139 192,585 Standard Pipe 506,035 540,489 683,412 544,476 Oil Country Goods 1,162,852 1,460,942 941,476 1,226,479 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,067,314 1,437,365 807,354 1,020,564 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 271,422 335,075 247,968 260,975 Line Pipe - Not Specified 210,058 173,529 257,319 190,741 Mechanical Tubing 275,316 430,348 351,619 437,906 Pressure Tubing 63,162 174,747 60,377 145,080 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 64,208 541,005 83,384 576,885 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,598 28,209 9,986 27,174 Structural Pipe & Tube 242,795 283,035 334,906 292,202 Pipe For Piling 7,293 6,078 19,159 13,667 Wire Drawn 354,961 535,702 386,224 508,151 Black Plate 15,726 11,718 13,772 11,194 Tin Plate 133,930 119,612 245,001 191,329 Tin Free Steel 53,707 52,050 61,494 52,784 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,344,319 950,297 1,294,292 762,810 Sheets Cold Rolled 719,948 1,180,842 978,922 1,304,086 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 814,760 738,191 1,069,495 880,753 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 82,056 90,035 84,950 82,113 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 188,166 193,678 311,651 292,892 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 49,921 87,927 54,453 101,129 Strip - Hot Rolled 25,879 28,388 46,818 39,028 Strip - Cold Rolled 81,923 219,247 90,632 221,378 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 July 2008 (CB-08-127)