Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2A: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Alloy Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding September 2002 September 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,703,980 1,545,279 2,500,679 1,647,780 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,741 6,245 17,517 10,802 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 692,668 141,274 369,674 90,874 Structural Shapes Heavy 59,901 21,271 110,741 37,728 Plates Cut Lengths 180,341 92,876 173,075 108,091 Plates In Coils 79,034 28,348 67,902 25,005 Rails Standard 3,338 2,158 2,273 1,321 Bars - Hot Rolled 498,811 238,650 497,579 258,243 Bars - Light Shaped 17,442 7,475 12,222 4,412 Bars - Cold Finished 31,681 38,053 59,290 59,222 Tool Steel 98,230 129,669 107,526 151,698 Standard Pipe 9,739 17,076 9,284 13,675 Oil Country Goods 98,947 120,352 202,276 231,380 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 126,893 84,673 63,472 40,897 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,046 5,240 14,467 13,062 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 76,921 104,761 96,925 118,053 Pressure Tubing 40,043 82,114 24,157 35,041 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,354 9,109 1,991 6,751 Structural Pipe & Tube 20,158 16,136 8,422 8,151 Pipe For Piling 409 210 316 109 Wire Drawn 75,932 72,821 58,636 62,795 Sheets Hot Rolled 75,246 33,181 61,721 31,776 Sheets Cold Rolled 108,925 51,638 205,222 101,693 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 293,195 152,088 205,774 109,950 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 31,132 23,571 27,451 19,065 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 49,066 32,991 77,780 53,619 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,288 3,501 3,551 2,502 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,496 29,797 21,436 51,865 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary October 2002 (CB-02-150)