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 2012 August 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,940,647 24,009,225 17,896,229 20,876,893 Ingots And Steel For Castings 27,539 55,388 38,712 87,556 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,697,289 3,206,439 4,230,389 3,240,047 Wire Rods 723,816 661,791 688,910 650,479 Structural Shapes Heavy 292,953 276,439 355,957 327,575 Steel Piling 61,762 71,547 71,336 84,695 Plates Cut Lengths 920,594 1,102,306 670,333 900,463 Plates In Coils 940,198 901,282 844,072 881,410 Rails Standard 177,397 179,342 161,330 159,076 Rails All Other 31,968 29,497 34,516 30,789 Railroad Accessories 2,655 2,510 3,387 3,101 Bars - Hot Rolled 981,967 1,203,232 827,507 1,062,467 Bars - Light Shaped 110,137 112,895 69,933 86,055 Bars - Reinforcing 647,208 426,603 437,912 286,057 Bars - Cold Finished 258,184 692,824 233,819 651,742 Tool Steel 114,732 339,764 105,809 313,437 Standard Pipe 594,916 708,582 539,551 618,288 Oil Country Goods 2,341,093 3,610,271 1,752,698 2,692,499 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 763,573 1,148,192 395,653 508,581 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 405,822 602,438 347,658 487,734 Line Pipe - Not Specified 590,956 629,106 451,339 456,483 Mechanical Tubing 430,037 830,760 369,294 641,088 Pressure Tubing 64,567 154,640 82,872 161,538 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 90,208 737,403 77,017 560,515 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,603 38,157 12,755 40,102 Structural Pipe & Tube 247,197 308,673 240,101 288,867 Pipe For Piling 9,211 9,616 7,527 7,924 Wire Drawn 428,958 723,121 402,097 685,934 Black Plate 24,408 20,950 31,335 24,872 Tin Plate 272,014 320,413 242,275 286,100 Tin Free Steel 82,922 95,817 94,357 113,963 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,739,903 1,390,935 1,687,488 1,384,331 Sheets Cold Rolled 949,217 1,245,377 883,534 1,327,201 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,204,164 1,213,208 903,652 913,035 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 59,983 67,379 68,497 79,868 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 411,104 441,341 322,974 365,267 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,604 133,427 67,083 134,316 Strip - Hot Rolled 66,144 64,352 41,625 44,204 Strip - Cold Rolled 91,644 253,206 100,926 289,234 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 September 2012 (CB-12-202)