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 February 2003 February 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 527,254 308,912 707,764 395,646 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,819 1,120 4,381 2,654 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 150,274 40,475 178,868 34,172 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,749 2,834 16,976 5,815 Plates Cut Lengths 29,227 15,683 61,350 32,920 Plates In Coils 8,172 3,753 10,804 3,769 Rails Standard 639 412 1,019 604 Bars - Hot Rolled 94,931 44,863 119,698 58,498 Bars - Light Shaped 4,023 1,756 3,223 1,369 Bars - Cold Finished 7,244 6,130 9,588 11,449 Tool Steel 25,459 32,750 23,043 29,135 Standard Pipe 1,540 2,525 1,508 2,941 Oil Country Goods 21,172 27,428 23,566 33,082 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 6,263 4,741 27,831 17,374 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,073 3,401 537 3,340 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 13,475 15,711 16,572 22,993 Pressure Tubing 3,530 6,406 8,821 18,028 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 650 2,432 426 1,680 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,491 4,005 3,471 2,890 Pipe For Piling 156 177 35 20 Wire Drawn 15,231 15,539 13,498 13,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,987 7,216 17,472 9,022 Sheets Cold Rolled 30,692 16,494 51,776 22,186 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 61,713 32,326 73,882 38,057 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,839 5,001 9,271 6,430 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,534 7,970 23,431 14,063 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,731 838 2,916 1,539 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,640 6,928 3,800 7,670 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 March 2003 (CB-03-72)