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 September 2012 September 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 23,302,099 26,565,916 19,949,469 23,263,413 Ingots And Steel For Castings 29,603 58,712 41,638 92,920 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,238,087 3,547,697 4,749,990 3,622,978 Wire Rods 806,205 734,842 748,596 712,260 Structural Shapes Heavy 327,876 307,144 392,843 366,114 Steel Piling 66,290 76,499 72,930 86,702 Plates Cut Lengths 1,037,102 1,237,452 777,222 1,024,894 Plates In Coils 1,042,028 987,459 936,420 963,651 Rails Standard 204,313 206,405 192,200 191,400 Rails All Other 32,601 30,104 37,566 33,702 Railroad Accessories 3,317 3,234 3,819 3,486 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,070,480 1,316,057 914,644 1,180,367 Bars - Light Shaped 124,755 127,437 77,971 96,227 Bars - Reinforcing 689,164 453,448 467,566 307,460 Bars - Cold Finished 280,349 753,356 263,205 728,714 Tool Steel 125,348 372,312 116,052 345,510 Standard Pipe 681,599 808,248 594,680 683,334 Oil Country Goods 2,620,201 4,004,727 1,984,246 3,025,232 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 813,617 1,218,613 444,296 577,245 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 458,192 673,911 395,811 556,897 Line Pipe - Not Specified 637,931 674,176 515,643 527,315 Mechanical Tubing 483,513 931,435 410,252 716,177 Pressure Tubing 68,938 164,728 91,041 176,375 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 101,138 812,209 85,821 626,568 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,547 41,830 14,021 44,732 Structural Pipe & Tube 280,419 351,000 266,978 324,537 Pipe For Piling 9,428 9,891 7,948 8,396 Wire Drawn 475,805 803,079 443,928 761,524 Black Plate 28,080 23,837 32,860 26,105 Tin Plate 303,815 357,424 281,126 331,590 Tin Free Steel 89,788 104,110 102,108 123,498 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,945,751 1,537,902 1,833,775 1,501,267 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,060,707 1,385,211 976,257 1,461,000 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,354,242 1,365,845 1,009,718 1,021,397 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 66,156 74,003 72,721 85,105 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 471,883 506,687 359,048 406,650 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 81,963 149,065 76,652 149,371 Strip - Hot Rolled 74,749 71,901 46,207 49,865 Strip - Cold Rolled 105,120 283,925 111,671 322,845 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 October 2012 (CB-12-220)