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 November 2008 November 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,088,964 33,816,792 28,340,473 27,080,006 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,037 83,335 30,559 88,411 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,197,596 4,521,926 5,649,182 3,350,076 Wire Rods 1,021,045 968,838 1,329,871 837,478 Structural Shapes Heavy 618,321 627,397 726,914 573,200 Steel Piling 86,617 126,831 93,322 100,088 Plates Cut Lengths 1,047,893 1,705,738 1,179,656 1,539,036 Plates In Coils 1,051,775 1,131,471 870,835 745,988 Rails Standard 202,154 177,493 258,871 186,701 Rails All Other 59,873 47,642 74,711 51,241 Railroad Accessories 9,302 9,599 13,398 12,232 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,272,600 1,536,242 1,115,603 1,075,019 Bars - Light Shaped 143,743 170,192 205,332 160,152 Bars - Reinforcing 868,212 689,466 1,638,351 891,343 Bars - Cold Finished 263,882 778,404 292,437 750,306 Tool Steel 136,812 429,047 131,509 358,279 Standard Pipe 978,317 1,182,090 1,219,361 983,221 Oil Country Goods 3,176,583 4,838,298 1,669,513 2,118,744 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,685,125 2,358,450 1,649,173 2,142,280 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 608,370 831,239 425,918 460,788 Line Pipe - Not Specified 424,735 444,570 440,532 322,618 Mechanical Tubing 499,882 861,471 607,973 766,572 Pressure Tubing 119,333 336,428 101,235 243,200 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 117,665 1,017,906 147,581 1,110,659 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,412 57,638 19,704 52,599 Structural Pipe & Tube 422,693 544,906 584,122 520,807 Pipe For Piling 15,735 16,485 35,709 26,092 Wire Drawn 608,627 1,015,167 679,859 917,762 Black Plate 20,439 16,229 42,236 29,358 Tin Plate 269,064 246,898 436,918 341,968 Tin Free Steel 88,977 89,349 104,770 90,482 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,373,723 1,964,281 2,257,927 1,353,281 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,235,457 2,081,710 1,534,534 2,109,638 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,540,466 1,552,013 1,738,020 1,461,320 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 159,413 194,024 171,031 165,377 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 437,223 530,624 528,132 500,453 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 100,585 180,112 93,826 169,664 Strip - Hot Rolled 41,772 46,547 78,054 63,807 Strip - Cold Rolled 147,507 406,733 163,793 409,764 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 December 2008 (CB-09-14)