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 October 2012 October 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 25,666,600 29,202,566 22,072,380 25,870,663 Ingots And Steel For Castings 32,130 64,741 45,199 100,794 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,673,048 3,822,468 5,147,512 3,931,951 Wire Rods 877,067 797,029 815,477 782,553 Structural Shapes Heavy 382,179 352,141 423,534 398,873 Steel Piling 69,617 80,464 79,763 95,879 Plates Cut Lengths 1,136,846 1,355,975 888,404 1,164,165 Plates In Coils 1,147,628 1,071,463 1,038,028 1,058,235 Rails Standard 245,261 246,662 200,292 199,448 Rails All Other 48,469 42,989 39,043 35,234 Railroad Accessories 3,821 3,806 4,401 3,975 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,174,543 1,438,711 1,019,531 1,328,792 Bars - Light Shaped 138,330 140,735 86,841 106,861 Bars - Reinforcing 742,412 486,380 496,883 328,114 Bars - Cold Finished 305,019 829,143 292,266 812,363 Tool Steel 137,258 411,779 129,465 385,054 Standard Pipe 747,449 885,541 653,126 753,481 Oil Country Goods 2,889,602 4,413,999 2,231,625 3,401,101 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 886,600 1,324,611 512,656 673,527 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 512,373 749,865 449,672 631,607 Line Pipe - Not Specified 734,391 773,341 565,135 582,894 Mechanical Tubing 527,467 1,015,496 466,792 823,632 Pressure Tubing 75,767 180,850 101,448 198,038 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 111,711 890,591 95,619 702,806 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,851 46,688 15,231 50,021 Structural Pipe & Tube 310,501 389,039 298,813 364,996 Pipe For Piling 11,056 12,401 8,687 9,147 Wire Drawn 528,187 889,874 491,432 845,245 Black Plate 30,222 25,545 34,158 27,213 Tin Plate 348,176 408,303 310,043 365,140 Tin Free Steel 102,554 118,469 110,367 133,817 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,142,945 1,681,063 2,066,633 1,689,764 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,182,416 1,538,996 1,082,917 1,609,335 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,521,866 1,526,123 1,120,562 1,135,960 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 75,001 83,214 78,068 91,343 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 504,686 541,660 410,839 466,488 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 90,630 164,838 86,366 167,610 Strip - Hot Rolled 87,513 82,570 52,225 56,584 Strip - Cold Rolled 119,010 315,007 123,325 358,623 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 November2012 (CB12-253)