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 October 2008 October 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,905,160 30,455,628 26,233,604 24,908,250 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,929 72,601 27,554 81,761 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,032,059 4,333,154 5,325,736 3,132,851 Wire Rods 922,271 866,161 1,263,838 788,704 Structural Shapes Heavy 592,788 595,716 673,103 529,679 Steel Piling 80,006 114,912 89,838 96,136 Plates Cut Lengths 925,082 1,498,429 1,097,911 1,424,499 Plates In Coils 907,063 933,855 800,114 700,423 Rails Standard 183,614 158,123 245,619 177,013 Rails All Other 58,609 45,933 57,268 40,448 Railroad Accessories 7,982 8,218 12,624 11,328 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,161,248 1,391,404 1,023,067 985,007 Bars - Light Shaped 138,711 162,069 184,459 142,813 Bars - Reinforcing 845,432 673,590 1,577,463 851,077 Bars - Cold Finished 245,156 715,725 264,253 688,443 Tool Steel 126,392 394,458 114,491 315,220 Standard Pipe 888,780 1,053,581 1,150,728 918,593 Oil Country Goods 2,658,241 3,905,471 1,494,343 1,910,700 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,576,247 2,191,389 1,449,992 1,872,082 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 531,110 712,214 386,937 417,064 Line Pipe - Not Specified 378,110 380,879 400,429 295,093 Mechanical Tubing 449,426 763,923 555,245 695,390 Pressure Tubing 106,956 300,930 92,872 221,941 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 106,824 919,973 136,555 1,018,231 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,122 51,921 17,492 46,965 Structural Pipe & Tube 397,519 509,033 544,385 483,385 Pipe For Piling 13,617 13,296 34,108 24,926 Wire Drawn 571,630 942,483 625,674 843,080 Black Plate 18,829 14,730 41,780 28,994 Tin Plate 240,062 218,350 402,953 314,254 Tin Free Steel 82,604 81,899 94,705 81,299 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,233,402 1,831,891 2,018,288 1,210,329 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,150,121 1,949,359 1,428,437 1,977,422 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,431,587 1,425,442 1,636,574 1,373,015 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 144,046 172,583 156,561 150,823 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 400,567 478,219 501,904 475,216 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 90,411 158,931 83,957 149,815 Strip - Hot Rolled 39,702 43,594 72,357 59,104 Strip - Cold Rolled 135,908 371,189 149,990 375,129 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 November 2008 (CB-08-186)