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 2010 August 2009 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,793,384 15,122,605 9,607,501 11,951,937 Ingots And Steel For Castings 49,440 50,998 10,930 31,849 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,237,113 1,974,061 735,699 478,975 Wire Rods 875,737 654,635 356,888 264,808 Structural Shapes Heavy 322,162 245,663 242,602 209,250 Steel Piling 52,213 58,311 25,174 37,383 Plates Cut Lengths 449,379 552,049 333,244 498,253 Plates In Coils 618,898 485,985 437,767 305,459 Rails Standard 157,328 135,430 162,666 155,761 Rails All Other 16,089 15,240 12,406 13,609 Railroad Accessories 2,198 2,290 5,080 4,572 Bars - Hot Rolled 637,996 674,494 367,840 396,566 Bars - Light Shaped 69,657 70,819 53,764 48,255 Bars - Reinforcing 333,769 172,165 308,895 190,134 Bars - Cold Finished 149,977 371,561 122,502 301,457 Tool Steel 73,822 198,634 34,869 113,334 Standard Pipe 449,865 441,175 391,165 457,427 Oil Country Goods 1,382,336 2,020,360 1,290,242 2,441,499 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 636,641 963,261 701,230 1,180,945 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 169,423 203,590 169,612 319,408 Line Pipe - Not Specified 204,802 174,497 177,551 233,736 Mechanical Tubing 236,513 357,596 226,988 400,724 Pressure Tubing 43,476 96,560 40,193 168,096 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 66,112 445,104 55,612 488,839 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,163 30,702 8,186 31,398 Structural Pipe & Tube 194,229 212,025 162,909 181,298 Pipe For Piling 8,614 9,960 10,853 15,220 Wire Drawn 385,511 562,753 271,079 389,897 Black Plate 16,365 13,070 30,597 26,533 Tin Plate 288,422 314,045 183,706 241,379 Tin Free Steel 90,578 101,423 45,810 57,699 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,423,941 973,645 938,015 540,666 Sheets Cold Rolled 691,231 974,039 670,852 638,182 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 933,348 840,188 638,086 554,678 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 63,862 70,524 65,418 78,146 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 271,964 275,773 179,894 192,347 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 55,244 108,719 44,497 79,699 Strip - Hot Rolled 29,339 30,020 25,781 23,011 Strip - Cold Rolled 97,625 241,241 68,899 161,448 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 September 2010 (CB-10-160)