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 September 2008 September 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 22,076,674 26,400,894 23,717,265 22,513,822 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,787 64,970 25,686 74,108 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,464,212 3,724,227 4,568,275 2,706,155 Wire Rods 814,164 741,708 1,192,355 735,533 Structural Shapes Heavy 562,046 554,692 611,392 477,479 Steel Piling 73,604 103,522 84,625 90,533 Plates Cut Lengths 833,175 1,330,521 997,199 1,287,388 Plates In Coils 770,489 763,631 731,245 647,226 Rails Standard 165,341 139,354 227,242 164,425 Rails All Other 55,744 43,556 55,091 38,449 Railroad Accessories 6,685 6,911 11,409 10,035 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,002,431 1,183,409 924,481 884,625 Bars - Light Shaped 129,410 149,714 171,351 131,535 Bars - Reinforcing 811,137 639,400 1,522,054 815,625 Bars - Cold Finished 215,364 635,491 237,218 613,504 Tool Steel 115,416 356,325 102,775 282,033 Standard Pipe 793,333 919,885 1,041,601 826,254 Oil Country Goods 2,179,540 3,063,708 1,375,802 1,758,810 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,449,397 1,994,244 1,271,022 1,643,086 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 444,436 579,897 347,664 366,866 Line Pipe - Not Specified 334,518 314,347 367,559 269,925 Mechanical Tubing 403,708 674,641 509,399 633,394 Pressure Tubing 93,940 265,042 86,721 204,761 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 96,116 826,379 124,530 911,408 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,714 46,265 16,020 41,503 Structural Pipe & Tube 367,020 462,475 494,942 438,110 Pipe For Piling 9,849 9,083 29,123 20,903 Wire Drawn 523,629 848,704 566,938 761,363 Black Plate 17,752 13,611 39,165 27,113 Tin Plate 204,455 184,814 360,751 282,643 Tin Free Steel 76,388 74,803 86,663 74,211 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,015,721 1,620,924 1,845,308 1,105,669 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,018,814 1,738,398 1,310,922 1,831,636 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,274,184 1,244,656 1,492,457 1,249,599 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 129,071 150,679 139,319 133,664 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 355,341 413,830 472,282 445,526 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 80,410 139,681 75,256 137,278 Strip - Hot Rolled 36,339 40,559 66,470 54,436 Strip - Cold Rolled 123,993 336,837 134,950 337,008 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 October 2008 (CB-08-169)