Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding March 2003 March 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,870,861 2,764,399 7,460,008 2,885,441 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,398 13,335 15,626 16,365 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,195,426 334,840 2,137,005 425,283 Wire Rods 533,652 161,758 584,781 188,269 Structural Shapes Heavy 106,974 37,603 175,685 56,214 Steel Piling 21,943 12,402 27,333 14,133 Plates Cut Lengths 161,311 71,943 267,095 114,418 Plates In Coils 162,481 59,556 185,429 55,064 Rails Standard 53,190 25,951 56,750 26,411 Rails All Other 3,899 2,057 3,014 1,512 Railroad Accessories 3,192 1,820 2,260 1,644 Bars - Hot Rolled 352,403 163,321 355,941 164,686 Bars - Light Shaped 44,518 24,617 47,688 19,651 Bars - Reinforcing 211,352 50,644 430,839 87,502 Bars - Cold Finished 65,612 66,904 75,125 85,324 Tool Steel 41,446 52,422 31,261 43,157 Standard Pipe 216,219 111,992 289,812 125,504 Oil Country Goods 117,660 92,284 114,954 86,509 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 97,718 57,205 201,883 116,000 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 79,856 44,547 43,815 23,785 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,289 11,480 18,538 6,788 Mechanical Tubing 117,568 92,439 109,271 88,046 Pressure Tubing 14,342 17,627 23,659 37,217 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,356 70,479 17,962 66,686 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,539 6,719 4,869 7,378 Structural Pipe & Tube 96,483 49,115 94,156 42,705 Pipe For Piling 1,154 806 7,358 3,102 Wire Drawn 178,082 141,912 156,462 129,227 Black Plate 15,552 9,777 43,665 18,774 Tin Plate 64,594 38,253 108,840 59,899 Tin Free Steel 18,447 10,951 36,863 22,347 Sheets Hot Rolled 713,451 240,727 623,286 163,397 Sheets Cold Rolled 410,856 248,159 490,208 218,328 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 512,498 270,155 457,777 213,531 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,373 19,853 55,410 26,979 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 81,310 59,820 84,205 49,060 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 18,217 14,797 26,637 16,329 Strip - Hot Rolled 23,464 10,433 19,929 8,162 Strip - Cold Rolled 39,035 65,702 34,618 56,056 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.html. 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 April 2003 (CB-03-82)