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 2010 July 2009 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,819,406 12,971,864 8,722,870 11,132,660 Ingots And Steel For Castings 46,870 45,199 9,885 29,209 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,798,304 1,685,928 595,662 413,360 Wire Rods 763,930 565,923 287,411 223,002 Structural Shapes Heavy 268,980 201,844 225,803 197,025 Steel Piling 48,662 54,106 20,505 30,861 Plates Cut Lengths 408,707 492,506 308,317 467,023 Plates In Coils 557,930 435,870 380,574 273,737 Rails Standard 138,208 118,304 160,900 153,745 Rails All Other 13,607 13,491 9,722 11,290 Railroad Accessories 1,763 1,763 4,789 4,359 Bars - Hot Rolled 539,192 562,899 334,849 365,144 Bars - Light Shaped 60,636 62,210 48,518 43,388 Bars - Reinforcing 278,790 142,492 287,458 176,445 Bars - Cold Finished 127,746 315,404 112,105 277,086 Tool Steel 62,971 166,779 33,001 107,418 Standard Pipe 388,007 377,957 356,546 424,758 Oil Country Goods 1,141,060 1,654,789 1,273,590 2,399,792 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 581,923 877,346 667,026 1,130,158 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 144,133 171,622 165,617 313,079 Line Pipe - Not Specified 170,499 142,608 173,117 230,631 Mechanical Tubing 198,239 295,314 209,991 377,113 Pressure Tubing 36,162 80,057 37,230 154,397 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 58,009 393,948 50,035 448,440 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,118 26,711 6,932 26,636 Structural Pipe & Tube 167,714 184,358 145,529 163,408 Pipe For Piling 4,176 4,697 8,649 11,695 Wire Drawn 330,583 482,613 234,377 340,787 Black Plate 14,446 11,471 28,401 24,809 Tin Plate 247,160 269,691 162,595 215,184 Tin Free Steel 77,540 86,150 40,721 51,963 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,274,125 862,471 816,025 482,116 Sheets Cold Rolled 614,992 846,059 597,492 571,168 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 803,750 718,483 584,595 510,046 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 51,492 57,232 58,953 71,016 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 233,247 235,270 161,854 175,811 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 47,786 93,143 41,386 73,327 Strip - Hot Rolled 25,554 25,708 22,064 20,222 Strip - Cold Rolled 85,397 209,450 60,643 143,009 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.ht ml. 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 August 2010 (CB-10-146)