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 July 2009 July 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,722,870 11,132,660 17,090,906 19,486,194 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,885 29,209 13,329 47,474 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 595,662 413,360 3,572,212 2,760,199 Wire Rods 287,411 223,002 652,600 557,629 Structural Shapes Heavy 225,803 197,025 486,737 454,481 Steel Piling 20,505 30,861 52,935 69,924 Plates Cut Lengths 308,317 467,023 625,199 994,966 Plates In Coils 380,574 273,737 546,732 503,273 Rails Standard 160,900 153,745 138,889 114,224 Rails All Other 9,722 11,290 39,475 31,845 Railroad Accessories 4,789 4,359 5,476 5,633 Bars - Hot Rolled 334,849 365,144 747,633 859,718 Bars - Light Shaped 48,518 43,388 106,603 116,602 Bars - Reinforcing 287,458 176,445 682,764 509,046 Bars - Cold Finished 112,105 277,086 175,363 505,639 Tool Steel 33,001 107,418 93,843 288,145 Standard Pipe 356,546 424,758 593,973 653,455 Oil Country Goods 1,273,590 2,399,792 1,451,522 1,900,839 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 667,026 1,130,158 1,217,762 1,660,149 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 165,617 313,079 329,137 415,538 Line Pipe - Not Specified 173,117 230,631 257,999 221,846 Mechanical Tubing 209,991 377,113 321,592 517,210 Pressure Tubing 37,230 154,397 73,087 209,900 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 50,035 448,440 75,046 635,440 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,932 26,636 9,038 33,931 Structural Pipe & Tube 145,529 163,408 285,132 345,756 Pipe For Piling 8,649 11,695 8,465 7,440 Wire Drawn 234,377 340,787 415,788 643,298 Black Plate 28,401 24,809 16,409 12,292 Tin Plate 162,595 215,184 154,752 138,764 Tin Free Steel 40,721 51,963 63,207 61,126 Sheets Hot Rolled 816,025 482,116 1,564,583 1,163,447 Sheets Cold Rolled 597,492 571,168 830,366 1,393,575 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 584,595 510,046 961,808 890,377 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 58,953 71,016 98,129 109,304 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 161,854 175,811 235,406 251,861 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 41,386 73,327 61,780 106,901 Strip - Hot Rolled 22,064 20,222 28,883 31,759 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,643 143,009 97,253 263,187 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 August 2009 (CB-09-146)