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 May 2003 May 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,264,254 4,494,460 10,986,866 4,469,964 Ingots And Steel For Castings 20,256 22,424 22,311 23,317 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,849,825 535,352 2,975,314 636,285 Wire Rods 803,533 250,523 984,265 308,313 Structural Shapes Heavy 195,830 70,856 295,304 97,248 Steel Piling 30,774 17,379 55,649 29,345 Plates Cut Lengths 232,803 111,001 336,260 149,584 Plates In Coils 242,044 90,177 306,526 93,352 Rails Standard 71,645 34,025 94,431 42,838 Rails All Other 7,457 3,709 5,553 3,040 Railroad Accessories 4,916 2,889 4,290 2,891 Bars - Hot Rolled 582,492 270,403 578,034 260,120 Bars - Light Shaped 68,757 37,731 74,996 31,765 Bars - Reinforcing 279,647 71,262 569,427 116,057 Bars - Cold Finished 111,652 116,367 111,870 129,299 Tool Steel 70,596 90,367 51,969 69,476 Standard Pipe 372,863 190,554 422,577 197,200 Oil Country Goods 244,540 182,537 190,405 142,734 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 207,454 117,129 309,918 183,902 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 127,767 71,376 86,822 47,708 Line Pipe - Not Specified 63,914 24,860 34,597 11,798 Mechanical Tubing 198,053 155,636 189,536 156,856 Pressure Tubing 25,598 30,517 41,555 66,054 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 32,865 117,667 31,392 115,456 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,551 10,875 8,495 12,202 Structural Pipe & Tube 164,210 84,174 150,358 72,153 Pipe For Piling 4,116 2,368 9,829 4,200 Wire Drawn 301,848 241,594 275,059 221,962 Black Plate 21,483 14,068 50,156 23,990 Tin Plate 116,199 69,661 138,318 76,698 Tin Free Steel 31,834 19,034 51,641 30,878 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,085,009 363,359 914,340 246,176 Sheets Cold Rolled 606,532 386,698 657,770 323,006 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 768,287 414,324 648,150 310,627 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 53,389 31,825 69,130 35,248 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 128,240 94,209 111,129 68,307 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,015 21,816 33,453 21,471 Strip - Hot Rolled 38,860 16,887 37,396 14,678 Strip - Cold Rolled 64,400 108,826 58,637 93,728 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)