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 December 2009 December 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 28,963,724 36,584,943 30,158,061 28,968,200 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25,277 90,719 32,778 95,233 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,391,421 4,685,528 6,005,580 3,582,807 Wire Rods 1,115,310 1,060,352 1,395,476 883,571 Structural Shapes Heavy 654,882 662,355 771,322 609,653 Steel Piling 95,230 142,769 99,810 107,798 Plates Cut Lengths 1,122,277 1,831,389 1,289,799 1,668,595 Plates In Coils 1,100,472 1,169,369 939,237 789,023 Rails Standard 216,043 191,803 265,991 192,820 Rails All Other 78,238 65,126 90,734 62,039 Railroad Accessories 11,078 10,972 14,154 13,005 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,348,972 1,629,183 1,200,156 1,164,275 Bars - Light Shaped 151,351 178,338 217,013 170,963 Bars - Reinforcing 880,660 699,167 1,688,156 926,167 Bars - Cold Finished 282,650 834,215 313,405 812,596 Tool Steel 147,548 464,076 145,435 396,954 Standard Pipe 1,070,849 1,314,328 1,286,261 1,050,472 Oil Country Goods 3,605,019 5,675,191 1,763,559 2,244,939 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,780,803 2,508,235 1,803,095 2,346,802 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 676,593 947,558 444,646 484,863 Line Pipe - Not Specified 466,735 505,670 465,832 340,769 Mechanical Tubing 550,601 964,669 642,785 820,028 Pressure Tubing 128,797 362,877 109,953 269,470 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 127,233 1,101,960 157,077 1,181,847 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 15,626 63,197 20,863 55,876 Structural Pipe & Tube 442,247 572,716 613,717 550,871 Pipe For Piling 17,303 18,333 37,274 27,484 Wire Drawn 643,370 1,077,968 731,698 987,382 Black Plate 21,211 16,957 44,046 30,634 Tin Plate 291,276 271,080 470,962 368,415 Tin Free Steel 96,202 97,479 111,147 96,411 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,512,922 2,067,946 2,435,372 1,459,535 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,305,445 2,177,730 1,633,989 2,245,987 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,652,824 1,676,010 1,824,013 1,538,542 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 170,059 208,529 180,901 174,644 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 455,597 556,050 549,005 521,428 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 109,658 199,432 100,328 182,615 Strip - Hot Rolled 44,379 50,142 82,249 67,275 Strip - Cold Rolled 157,562 435,525 180,246 446,410 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 January 2009 (CB-09-26)