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 June 2003 June 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,644,093 1,000,411 1,799,725 1,029,276 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,106 4,673 7,177 4,813 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 424,447 121,509 451,421 86,795 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,254 15,486 49,963 17,321 Plates Cut Lengths 103,305 58,270 130,911 67,505 Plates In Coils 31,213 13,006 50,054 17,400 Rails Standard 4,030 2,289 2,261 1,538 Bars - Hot Rolled 287,986 142,925 344,214 165,166 Bars - Light Shaped 9,803 4,351 12,053 5,082 Bars - Cold Finished 30,178 24,803 22,539 28,074 Tool Steel 84,677 109,539 62,737 83,727 Standard Pipe 5,843 8,090 6,148 11,632 Oil Country Goods 100,501 115,253 66,942 81,375 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 35,041 22,549 78,687 48,972 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,286 11,350 865 4,259 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 44,062 51,304 50,805 71,823 Pressure Tubing 10,920 19,335 28,565 60,301 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,294 4,859 1,735 5,006 Structural Pipe & Tube 11,235 10,628 12,617 9,854 Pipe For Piling 962 665 378 193 Wire Drawn 48,468 48,490 48,014 46,868 Sheets Hot Rolled 51,273 25,207 42,199 19,625 Sheets Cold Rolled 64,014 38,250 70,010 32,341 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 162,081 84,063 190,254 100,000 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,760 14,171 18,454 14,806 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,067 26,489 35,504 23,127 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,407 1,829 4,722 2,517 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,878 21,028 10,499 19,156 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 July 2003 (CB-03-129)