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 March 2009 March 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,986,722 6,658,349 7,004,225 7,303,766 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,946 15,030 5,235 18,460 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 349,039 262,303 1,333,393 899,437 Wire Rods 155,326 128,806 238,644 178,218 Structural Shapes Heavy 151,416 136,980 262,236 214,058 Steel Piling 7,109 12,303 21,071 25,963 Plates Cut Lengths 208,819 310,661 271,009 397,480 Plates In Coils 204,269 151,390 211,385 162,408 Rails Standard 68,993 74,526 54,874 44,276 Rails All Other 5,838 6,817 26,861 18,630 Railroad Accessories 1,320 1,376 3,037 2,922 Bars - Hot Rolled 199,913 226,713 295,610 318,382 Bars - Light Shaped 20,056 21,281 46,534 45,074 Bars - Reinforcing 169,747 99,617 334,040 219,950 Bars - Cold Finished 63,518 157,469 70,743 190,535 Tool Steel 21,192 68,509 42,064 120,207 Standard Pipe 202,196 267,890 238,453 239,333 Oil Country Goods 958,960 1,776,420 535,987 629,328 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 312,043 545,925 558,367 729,159 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 106,597 193,643 121,367 134,298 Line Pipe - Not Specified 133,309 189,670 110,193 83,280 Mechanical Tubing 109,967 210,651 133,017 195,246 Pressure Tubing 19,194 79,359 39,577 107,350 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 24,376 222,067 30,816 254,612 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,205 9,079 3,573 12,446 Structural Pipe & Tube 70,617 84,211 115,570 118,281 Pipe For Piling 7,108 10,312 4,429 3,334 Wire Drawn 100,060 157,664 168,752 238,440 Black Plate 12,983 11,587 7,676 5,486 Tin Plate 56,864 73,602 79,210 68,442 Tin Free Steel 17,232 22,907 21,417 21,035 Sheets Hot Rolled 434,190 278,472 626,522 389,396 Sheets Cold Rolled 314,267 310,060 374,289 563,486 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 288,433 271,425 389,452 339,235 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,248 39,681 39,524 39,327 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 90,204 105,538 105,745 103,156 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 26,764 45,466 27,803 46,869 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,144 7,760 13,041 14,003 Strip - Cold Rolled 27,256 71,179 42,707 112,222 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 April 2009 (CB-09-78)