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 February 2009 February 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,590,016 4,849,917 4,672,046 4,771,914 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,741 9,485 3,441 12,152 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 289,500 216,347 920,218 618,701 Wire Rods 118,783 98,022 161,389 120,490 Structural Shapes Heavy 135,349 122,411 204,995 162,758 Steel Piling 5,983 10,982 13,208 16,064 Plates Cut Lengths 173,872 252,117 155,497 229,691 Plates In Coils 139,921 108,524 132,816 101,345 Rails Standard 45,160 48,905 32,904 26,685 Rails All Other 4,870 5,788 10,560 8,169 Railroad Accessories 878 1,034 1,842 1,836 Bars - Hot Rolled 158,007 178,180 191,979 203,374 Bars - Light Shaped 13,780 14,539 29,416 28,524 Bars - Reinforcing 77,857 52,405 223,578 143,702 Bars - Cold Finished 47,904 112,617 46,475 122,868 Tool Steel 15,424 50,059 28,066 76,337 Standard Pipe 145,447 193,693 134,632 134,575 Oil Country Goods 723,954 1,344,857 333,960 386,519 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 199,525 347,089 383,713 505,021 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 82,311 141,376 76,573 81,177 Line Pipe - Not Specified 107,938 161,919 81,279 61,086 Mechanical Tubing 71,605 142,313 82,449 118,707 Pressure Tubing 13,024 53,560 30,043 82,144 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 16,531 144,420 19,535 158,625 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,631 6,775 2,216 7,406 Structural Pipe & Tube 51,809 63,772 74,974 74,826 Pipe For Piling 6,579 9,622 3,898 2,920 Wire Drawn 65,564 106,746 113,757 155,796 Black Plate 7,390 6,339 6,492 4,551 Tin Plate 35,165 43,992 51,267 44,223 Tin Free Steel 10,634 14,462 14,250 13,949 Sheets Hot Rolled 292,397 188,613 448,503 268,035 Sheets Cold Rolled 218,030 224,451 259,382 374,586 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 178,437 178,088 237,808 206,033 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 23,475 30,293 27,370 27,118 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 67,156 81,484 78,705 74,879 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 18,767 32,676 16,876 29,575 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,034 4,822 9,271 9,069 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,581 47,142 28,708 78,399 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 March 2009 (CB-09-63)