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 April 2003 April 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,081,731 663,941 1,256,563 725,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,281 3,707 5,539 3,643 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 271,381 74,744 304,787 58,924 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,791 6,516 33,689 11,588 Plates Cut Lengths 68,045 38,320 97,614 52,449 Plates In Coils 19,848 8,401 25,729 9,000 Rails Standard 2,468 1,350 1,330 925 Bars - Hot Rolled 201,016 98,551 231,121 112,557 Bars - Light Shaped 6,933 3,074 8,361 3,429 Bars - Cold Finished 18,241 14,934 17,463 21,050 Tool Steel 56,559 71,661 40,970 55,875 Standard Pipe 3,627 5,506 3,433 6,304 Oil Country Goods 62,505 71,463 49,011 58,911 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,262 14,056 60,926 38,664 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,355 7,242 720 3,676 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 29,813 35,488 33,554 46,713 Pressure Tubing 7,252 13,456 20,011 41,617 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 906 3,450 943 3,355 Structural Pipe & Tube 7,284 7,002 8,687 6,755 Pipe For Piling 512 376 201 106 Wire Drawn 34,086 34,073 30,141 30,349 Sheets Hot Rolled 32,283 16,291 26,189 12,893 Sheets Cold Rolled 49,829 28,820 62,646 28,179 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 115,701 60,601 137,672 72,173 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,843 9,849 14,685 11,254 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 22,592 18,102 29,636 18,634 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,772 1,451 4,376 2,325 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,548 15,459 7,128 13,767 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 May 2003 (CB-03-101)