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 September 2009 September 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,706,507 13,006,613 22,076,674 26,400,894 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,435 32,755 17,787 64,970 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 903,308 564,625 4,464,212 3,724,227 Wire Rods 428,313 309,760 814,164 741,708 Structural Shapes Heavy 267,028 225,970 562,046 554,692 Steel Piling 31,398 45,791 73,604 103,522 Plates Cut Lengths 371,316 539,695 833,175 1,330,521 Plates In Coils 495,768 342,463 770,489 763,631 Rails Standard 174,491 165,534 165,341 139,354 Rails All Other 19,978 19,811 55,744 43,556 Railroad Accessories 5,504 4,887 6,685 6,911 Bars - Hot Rolled 413,323 439,029 1,002,431 1,183,409 Bars - Light Shaped 61,002 55,200 129,410 149,714 Bars - Reinforcing 323,507 199,055 811,137 639,400 Bars - Cold Finished 133,443 324,465 215,364 635,491 Tool Steel 37,931 121,304 115,416 356,325 Standard Pipe 426,338 489,250 793,333 919,885 Oil Country Goods 1,320,000 2,509,073 2,179,540 3,063,708 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 774,498 1,292,224 1,449,397 1,994,244 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 175,655 327,322 444,436 579,897 Line Pipe - Not Specified 183,095 237,411 334,518 314,347 Mechanical Tubing 248,832 431,451 403,708 674,641 Pressure Tubing 44,261 183,621 93,940 265,042 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 61,442 536,222 96,116 826,379 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,445 36,215 11,714 46,265 Structural Pipe & Tube 180,316 199,372 367,020 462,475 Pipe For Piling 11,125 15,485 9,849 9,083 Wire Drawn 307,969 438,612 523,629 848,704 Black Plate 31,202 26,943 17,752 13,611 Tin Plate 206,751 268,694 204,455 184,814 Tin Free Steel 51,993 64,676 76,388 74,803 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,086,759 621,475 2,015,721 1,620,924 Sheets Cold Rolled 759,018 723,399 1,018,814 1,738,398 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 714,361 618,779 1,274,184 1,244,656 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 71,003 84,460 129,071 150,679 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 206,800 215,295 355,341 413,830 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,569 86,738 80,410 139,681 Strip - Hot Rolled 30,440 26,392 36,339 40,559 Strip - Cold Rolled 78,888 183,157 123,993 336,837 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 October 2009 (CB-09-175)