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 April 2009 April 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,102,316 8,022,974 9,706,751 10,161,661 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,633 20,243 7,761 26,016 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 444,018 314,962 2,012,253 1,357,481 Wire Rods 183,706 150,759 387,205 295,847 Structural Shapes Heavy 170,066 152,577 324,041 273,037 Steel Piling 12,262 19,606 31,906 40,060 Plates Cut Lengths 233,782 358,249 356,039 534,925 Plates In Coils 247,800 179,603 315,489 245,010 Rails Standard 79,487 84,646 75,155 59,945 Rails All Other 7,861 9,227 28,508 20,503 Railroad Accessories 2,372 2,278 3,608 3,546 Bars - Hot Rolled 236,519 267,020 404,093 436,877 Bars - Light Shaped 26,090 26,514 60,715 59,926 Bars - Reinforcing 198,109 117,931 491,424 338,522 Bars - Cold Finished 79,938 195,887 104,175 273,405 Tool Steel 24,483 81,122 57,090 164,107 Standard Pipe 244,970 315,372 331,172 335,082 Oil Country Goods 1,065,529 1,995,132 709,942 849,596 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 415,502 718,211 731,846 968,800 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 132,342 248,891 169,312 195,482 Line Pipe - Not Specified 144,549 199,252 145,102 111,677 Mechanical Tubing 137,366 265,719 183,777 273,729 Pressure Tubing 25,042 102,633 47,313 132,031 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 31,542 286,429 42,419 346,220 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,962 11,594 4,991 17,680 Structural Pipe & Tube 89,409 109,125 155,279 164,974 Pipe For Piling 7,328 10,640 4,947 3,753 Wire Drawn 132,203 202,464 231,339 332,092 Black Plate 18,758 16,575 8,492 6,126 Tin Plate 79,765 105,446 92,414 81,032 Tin Free Steel 23,532 31,047 33,962 33,092 Sheets Hot Rolled 553,424 346,220 876,125 563,357 Sheets Cold Rolled 420,918 393,589 486,684 766,970 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 393,105 351,988 493,777 433,417 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 41,943 50,996 56,484 59,084 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 110,617 126,169 130,536 129,249 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 30,745 53,481 37,315 63,304 Strip - Hot Rolled 11,088 10,893 18,237 19,457 Strip - Cold Rolled 36,551 90,483 55,819 146,247 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 May 2009 (CB-09-94)