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 2012 July 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 18,514,451 21,169,346 15,663,114 18,166,006 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24,005 47,189 33,907 74,603 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,133,116 2,832,947 3,666,027 2,810,185 Wire Rods 659,206 605,908 623,761 585,115 Structural Shapes Heavy 260,965 247,908 316,482 286,818 Steel Piling 48,613 56,482 63,632 74,492 Plates Cut Lengths 780,965 951,617 547,561 748,089 Plates In Coils 854,357 820,272 725,333 761,550 Rails Standard 169,834 171,691 145,882 144,059 Rails All Other 30,608 28,229 22,518 21,217 Railroad Accessories 2,305 2,113 3,137 3,010 Bars - Hot Rolled 855,465 1,058,382 729,057 927,744 Bars - Light Shaped 95,476 98,077 60,932 74,399 Bars - Reinforcing 595,041 393,507 388,740 256,649 Bars - Cold Finished 231,872 617,150 203,792 564,930 Tool Steel 97,431 295,860 91,032 270,989 Standard Pipe 526,726 627,750 477,723 547,837 Oil Country Goods 2,071,788 3,200,437 1,509,040 2,286,945 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 672,699 1,023,899 345,518 441,941 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 360,362 533,595 304,239 420,344 Line Pipe - Not Specified 521,492 556,680 387,971 386,291 Mechanical Tubing 378,573 731,046 327,420 560,556 Pressure Tubing 55,219 131,241 74,144 143,496 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 77,707 566,779 65,836 477,218 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,610 34,446 11,418 35,232 Structural Pipe & Tube 217,547 268,263 207,793 249,530 Pipe For Piling 8,827 9,287 7,116 7,404 Wire Drawn 373,771 630,502 353,096 598,056 Black Plate 23,071 19,856 28,684 22,561 Tin Plate 233,993 275,269 216,517 253,903 Tin Free Steel 75,339 87,073 85,540 103,218 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,566,562 1,249,327 1,523,050 1,243,472 Sheets Cold Rolled 817,396 1,073,413 783,619 1,174,421 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,053,864 1,064,257 794,859 800,710 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 51,789 58,997 58,121 67,819 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 375,522 401,975 296,329 332,249 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 64,874 116,586 58,218 116,931 Strip - Hot Rolled 55,894 55,122 35,761 37,584 Strip - Cold Rolled 82,569 226,211 89,310 254,441 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary July 2012 (CB-12-130)