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 July 2008 July 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,090,906 19,486,194 19,150,253 17,932,578 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,329 47,474 22,325 63,325 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,572,212 2,760,199 3,708,893 2,185,737 Wire Rods 652,600 557,629 991,088 597,384 Structural Shapes Heavy 486,737 454,481 495,800 377,135 Steel Piling 52,935 69,924 68,604 73,273 Plates Cut Lengths 625,199 994,966 778,107 983,807 Plates In Coils 546,732 503,273 612,055 534,137 Rails Standard 138,889 114,224 173,444 124,614 Rails All Other 39,475 31,845 44,798 31,592 Railroad Accessories 5,476 5,633 8,897 7,543 Bars - Hot Rolled 747,633 859,718 725,041 695,410 Bars - Light Shaped 106,603 116,602 140,805 107,533 Bars - Reinforcing 682,764 509,046 1,302,288 682,224 Bars - Cold Finished 175,363 505,639 191,262 481,963 Tool Steel 93,843 288,145 82,871 224,490 Standard Pipe 593,973 653,455 810,606 643,105 Oil Country Goods 1,451,522 1,900,839 1,091,948 1,414,335 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,217,762 1,660,149 986,576 1,258,517 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 329,137 415,538 292,821 308,791 Line Pipe - Not Specified 257,999 221,846 299,884 222,479 Mechanical Tubing 321,592 517,210 415,396 509,041 Pressure Tubing 73,087 209,900 68,214 161,825 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 75,046 635,440 97,483 694,949 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,038 33,931 12,005 31,880 Structural Pipe & Tube 285,132 345,756 396,844 346,687 Pipe For Piling 8,465 7,440 21,668 15,729 Wire Drawn 415,788 643,298 450,967 598,907 Black Plate 16,409 12,292 20,702 15,500 Tin Plate 154,752 138,764 276,658 216,486 Tin Free Steel 63,207 61,126 69,258 59,269 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,564,583 1,163,447 1,478,017 878,733 Sheets Cold Rolled 830,366 1,393,575 1,110,184 1,513,927 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 961,808 890,377 1,213,479 1,006,452 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 98,129 109,304 102,018 99,211 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 235,406 251,861 370,244 348,375 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 61,780 106,901 60,670 112,503 Strip - Hot Rolled 28,883 31,759 53,596 44,098 Strip - Cold Rolled 97,253 263,187 104,736 261,610 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 August 2008 (CB-08-141)