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 2011 August 2010 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,896,229 20,876,893 14,793,384 15,122,605 Ingots And Steel For Castings 38,712 87,556 49,440 50,998 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,230,389 3,240,047 3,237,113 1,974,061 Wire Rods 688,910 650,479 875,737 654,635 Structural Shapes Heavy 355,957 327,575 322,162 245,663 Steel Piling 71,336 84,695 52,213 58,311 Plates Cut Lengths 670,333 900,463 449,379 552,049 Plates In Coils 844,072 881,410 618,898 485,985 Rails Standard 161,330 159,076 157,328 135,430 Rails All Other 34,516 30,789 16,089 15,240 Railroad Accessories 3,387 3,101 2,198 2,290 Bars - Hot Rolled 827,507 1,062,467 637,996 674,494 Bars - Light Shaped 69,933 86,055 69,657 70,819 Bars - Reinforcing 437,912 286,057 333,769 172,165 Bars - Cold Finished 233,819 651,742 149,977 371,561 Tool Steel 105,809 313,437 73,822 198,634 Standard Pipe 539,551 618,288 449,865 441,175 Oil Country Goods 1,752,698 2,692,499 1,382,336 2,020,360 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 395,653 508,581 636,641 963,261 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 347,658 487,734 169,423 203,590 Line Pipe - Not Specified 451,339 456,483 204,802 174,497 Mechanical Tubing 369,294 641,088 236,513 357,596 Pressure Tubing 82,872 161,538 43,476 96,560 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 77,017 560,515 66,112 445,104 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,755 40,102 8,163 30,702 Structural Pipe & Tube 240,101 288,867 194,229 212,025 Pipe For Piling 7,527 7,924 8,614 9,960 Wire Drawn 402,097 685,934 385,511 562,753 Black Plate 31,335 24,872 16,365 13,070 Tin Plate 242,275 286,100 288,422 314,045 Tin Free Steel 94,357 113,963 90,578 101,423 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,687,488 1,384,331 1,423,941 973,645 Sheets Cold Rolled 883,534 1,327,201 691,231 974,039 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 903,652 913,035 933,348 840,188 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 68,497 79,868 63,862 70,524 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 322,974 365,267 271,964 275,773 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 67,083 134,316 55,244 108,719 Strip - Hot Rolled 41,625 44,204 29,339 30,020 Strip - Cold Rolled 100,926 289,234 97,625 241,241 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 Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary August 2011 (CB-11-162)