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 October 2009 October 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,181,538 14,386,989 24,905,160 30,455,628 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,111 36,205 19,929 72,601 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,248,749 742,500 5,032,059 4,333,154 Wire Rods 541,087 380,326 922,271 866,161 Structural Shapes Heavy 301,105 247,264 592,788 595,716 Steel Piling 38,813 55,026 80,006 114,912 Plates Cut Lengths 413,567 590,202 925,082 1,498,429 Plates In Coils 570,969 398,360 907,063 933,855 Rails Standard 206,009 190,302 183,614 158,123 Rails All Other 23,888 23,189 58,609 45,933 Railroad Accessories 5,864 5,249 7,982 8,218 Bars - Hot Rolled 478,627 502,620 1,161,248 1,391,404 Bars - Light Shaped 66,079 61,011 138,711 162,069 Bars - Reinforcing 353,531 213,131 845,432 673,590 Bars - Cold Finished 144,436 350,959 245,156 715,725 Tool Steel 42,296 131,771 126,392 394,458 Standard Pipe 459,709 521,766 888,780 1,053,581 Oil Country Goods 1,358,746 2,594,255 2,658,241 3,905,471 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 862,820 1,426,472 1,576,247 2,191,389 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 200,158 367,793 531,110 712,214 Line Pipe - Not Specified 188,577 242,067 378,110 380,879 Mechanical Tubing 266,871 459,003 449,426 763,923 Pressure Tubing 47,483 197,797 106,956 300,930 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 68,070 583,973 106,824 919,973 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,077 48,497 13,122 51,921 Structural Pipe & Tube 196,092 216,762 397,519 509,033 Pipe For Piling 13,461 18,622 13,617 13,296 Wire Drawn 357,550 500,688 571,630 942,483 Black Plate 34,975 29,718 18,829 14,730 Tin Plate 234,101 299,406 240,062 218,350 Tin Free Steel 60,532 74,379 82,604 81,899 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,254,052 714,174 2,233,402 1,831,891 Sheets Cold Rolled 846,134 819,609 1,150,121 1,949,359 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 797,157 692,059 1,431,587 1,425,442 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 74,811 88,687 144,046 172,583 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 224,939 232,739 400,567 478,219 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 51,747 93,821 90,411 158,931 Strip - Hot Rolled 34,161 29,512 39,702 43,594 Strip - Cold Rolled 90,184 207,077 135,908 371,189 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2009 (CB-09-193)