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 November 2002 November 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,347,569 1,911,676 3,182,218 2,033,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,004 7,742 24,450 14,424 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 879,350 192,349 546,502 126,325 Structural Shapes Heavy 74,370 27,333 138,618 46,950 Plates Cut Lengths 214,123 110,535 221,118 135,284 Plates In Coils 104,783 39,151 82,951 30,393 Rails Standard 3,417 2,202 2,358 1,390 Bars - Hot Rolled 610,573 289,888 617,322 317,009 Bars - Light Shaped 21,068 8,650 16,757 6,252 Bars - Cold Finished 39,358 45,447 74,350 75,331 Tool Steel 126,277 164,577 130,964 181,752 Standard Pipe 11,671 19,432 11,242 16,938 Oil Country Goods 128,193 157,851 240,272 274,545 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 155,491 105,694 89,153 58,700 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,666 5,765 14,558 13,236 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 92,673 123,980 114,937 141,028 Pressure Tubing 46,213 92,845 31,947 48,280 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,450 12,205 2,559 9,322 Structural Pipe & Tube 26,276 21,547 11,097 10,241 Pipe For Piling 523 278 394 148 Wire Drawn 94,104 89,917 73,492 78,034 Sheets Hot Rolled 95,786 42,345 74,207 38,030 Sheets Cold Rolled 131,731 63,595 244,172 120,367 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 350,179 180,150 265,581 141,212 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 40,527 30,094 33,750 23,895 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 56,146 37,380 89,255 60,939 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,217 3,966 4,813 3,201 Strip - Cold Rolled 20,398 36,759 25,399 59,887 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 December 2002 (CB-02-165)