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 January 2009 January 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,148,660 2,973,104 2,419,196 2,444,484 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,916 7,103 2,292 8,248 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 190,434 138,304 417,287 272,306 Wire Rods 79,377 63,845 89,104 64,339 Structural Shapes Heavy 98,029 88,806 111,893 88,077 Steel Piling 5,375 9,807 7,038 8,488 Plates Cut Lengths 106,623 152,233 92,267 121,220 Plates In Coils 55,723 43,358 71,947 50,704 Rails Standard 20,622 22,771 11,695 9,055 Rails All Other 2,957 3,316 1,981 1,811 Railroad Accessories 434 686 1,328 1,168 Bars - Hot Rolled 96,038 105,440 107,737 113,275 Bars - Light Shaped 7,074 8,228 17,000 14,864 Bars - Reinforcing 49,212 34,332 115,314 73,531 Bars - Cold Finished 20,969 58,379 25,026 61,737 Tool Steel 8,387 26,781 15,537 40,658 Standard Pipe 102,625 136,370 73,853 73,689 Oil Country Goods 471,115 874,456 197,726 229,922 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 120,654 209,033 184,201 237,126 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 54,980 92,296 47,277 47,494 Line Pipe - Not Specified 83,494 126,648 46,450 35,293 Mechanical Tubing 45,258 91,164 45,829 67,238 Pressure Tubing 7,282 29,529 12,691 34,674 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,989 86,965 10,859 88,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 970 3,980 1,048 3,072 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,208 36,936 37,243 37,690 Pipe For Piling 4,694 7,051 2,284 1,617 Wire Drawn 35,634 59,305 58,436 79,061 Black Plate 1,310 1,175 1,960 1,434 Tin Plate 19,415 21,926 28,758 24,564 Tin Free Steel 5,916 8,030 5,488 5,198 Sheets Hot Rolled 139,415 95,273 220,501 129,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 106,406 119,778 130,525 183,573 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 92,147 97,871 135,160 114,878 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 17,504 21,982 15,500 15,070 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 38,981 47,800 45,874 42,396 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,748 14,475 11,600 16,721 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,344 2,280 4,569 4,733 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,404 25,392 13,916 41,219 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 February 2009 (CB-09-46)