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 October 2002 October 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,034,705 1,732,093 2,816,449 1,834,483 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,302 6,858 22,104 13,011 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 791,667 168,387 436,396 104,605 Structural Shapes Heavy 66,289 23,515 127,311 43,234 Plates Cut Lengths 196,502 101,028 194,327 121,049 Plates In Coils 91,273 33,551 76,267 28,192 Rails Standard 3,387 2,183 2,275 1,324 Bars - Hot Rolled 558,712 268,304 555,471 284,702 Bars - Light Shaped 19,545 8,123 14,138 5,262 Bars - Cold Finished 35,452 41,724 64,893 65,456 Tool Steel 112,372 147,786 120,747 168,483 Standard Pipe 10,926 18,322 10,295 15,193 Oil Country Goods 113,134 136,918 221,280 252,096 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 141,567 96,173 77,036 51,300 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,054 5,270 14,503 13,119 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 84,673 114,187 106,421 130,399 Pressure Tubing 42,796 86,939 27,026 39,998 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,944 10,922 2,334 7,986 Structural Pipe & Tube 23,087 18,815 9,903 9,335 Pipe For Piling 464 240 394 148 Wire Drawn 84,980 81,374 65,952 70,490 Sheets Hot Rolled 84,632 37,315 67,857 34,849 Sheets Cold Rolled 123,057 58,675 221,794 110,399 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 321,358 165,955 236,881 126,092 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 36,343 27,151 31,400 22,195 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 52,785 35,075 81,508 56,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,020 3,845 4,415 2,957 Strip - Cold Rolled 18,386 33,458 23,520 56,419 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 November 2002 (CB-02-165)