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 August 2009 August 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,607,501 11,951,937 19,401,759 22,660,996 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,930 31,849 16,436 60,458 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 735,699 478,975 4,018,141 3,235,966 Wire Rods 356,888 264,808 724,666 637,246 Structural Shapes Heavy 242,602 209,250 523,378 503,764 Steel Piling 25,174 37,383 63,431 86,365 Plates Cut Lengths 333,244 498,253 726,880 1,164,045 Plates In Coils 437,767 305,459 634,919 598,045 Rails Standard 162,666 155,761 155,588 131,236 Rails All Other 12,406 13,609 52,650 40,891 Railroad Accessories 5,080 4,572 5,805 6,099 Bars - Hot Rolled 367,840 396,566 901,838 1,050,684 Bars - Light Shaped 53,764 48,255 118,869 134,177 Bars - Reinforcing 308,895 190,134 758,267 584,306 Bars - Cold Finished 122,502 301,457 195,651 572,477 Tool Steel 34,869 113,334 103,647 319,612 Standard Pipe 391,165 457,427 683,350 771,125 Oil Country Goods 1,290,242 2,441,499 1,745,987 2,358,127 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 701,230 1,180,945 1,300,545 1,782,114 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 169,612 319,408 379,608 484,285 Line Pipe - Not Specified 177,551 233,736 295,055 264,898 Mechanical Tubing 226,988 400,724 355,536 582,817 Pressure Tubing 40,193 168,096 84,560 240,525 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 55,612 488,839 85,771 734,551 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,186 31,398 10,221 39,974 Structural Pipe & Tube 162,909 181,298 323,729 402,258 Pipe For Piling 10,853 15,220 9,305 8,383 Wire Drawn 271,079 389,897 472,799 751,821 Black Plate 30,597 26,533 17,282 13,116 Tin Plate 183,706 241,379 173,686 155,695 Tin Free Steel 45,810 57,699 73,107 71,067 Sheets Hot Rolled 938,015 540,666 1,773,739 1,374,757 Sheets Cold Rolled 670,852 638,182 915,996 1,565,940 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 638,086 554,678 1,094,374 1,034,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 65,418 78,146 111,652 126,947 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 179,894 192,347 279,288 310,336 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 44,497 79,699 71,455 122,407 Strip - Hot Rolled 25,781 23,011 32,536 35,741 Strip - Cold Rolled 68,899 161,448 112,013 303,950 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 September 2009 (CB-09-160)