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 May 2003 May 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,364,308 838,074 1,491,199 868,408 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,383 4,272 6,166 4,178 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 335,495 94,764 351,603 67,972 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,522 13,674 44,100 15,611 Plates Cut Lengths 82,201 46,993 111,551 59,490 Plates In Coils 26,022 11,143 38,374 13,138 Rails Standard 2,692 1,499 2,061 1,373 Bars - Hot Rolled 245,650 120,748 280,211 135,509 Bars - Light Shaped 8,053 3,595 10,681 4,382 Bars - Cold Finished 22,950 18,928 20,111 24,984 Tool Steel 70,596 90,367 51,969 69,476 Standard Pipe 4,280 6,582 4,552 8,611 Oil Country Goods 81,198 96,459 58,970 71,287 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 34,789 22,380 68,950 43,417 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13,595 10,136 838 4,108 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 37,124 43,827 42,831 60,092 Pressure Tubing 9,886 17,888 24,038 49,813 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,078 4,027 1,371 4,227 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,993 8,624 10,459 8,053 Pipe For Piling 919 639 205 113 Wire Drawn 41,715 41,508 39,069 38,722 Sheets Hot Rolled 42,716 21,250 32,561 15,518 Sheets Cold Rolled 54,814 32,743 65,191 29,701 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,843 71,896 162,076 85,332 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,557 12,384 16,573 13,123 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,015 21,816 33,453 21,471 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,038 1,623 4,418 2,388 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,182 18,306 8,820 16,320 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 June 2003 (CB-03-115)