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 June 2003 June 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,821,001 5,305,795 13,532,607 5,425,056 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,650 26,103 26,183 27,369 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,126,109 633,352 3,763,360 798,464 Wire Rods 958,025 301,474 1,382,172 414,849 Structural Shapes Heavy 228,150 83,683 350,692 115,752 Steel Piling 39,990 22,761 72,270 38,663 Plates Cut Lengths 273,338 131,326 373,145 167,974 Plates In Coils 273,265 103,457 395,535 120,163 Rails Standard 83,247 38,905 110,990 50,860 Rails All Other 9,122 4,522 6,751 3,655 Railroad Accessories 5,093 3,028 6,377 4,420 Bars - Hot Rolled 694,015 322,653 703,380 314,090 Bars - Light Shaped 85,364 46,075 88,982 37,881 Bars - Reinforcing 373,099 97,683 660,313 136,198 Bars - Cold Finished 137,858 141,184 131,528 152,104 Tool Steel 84,677 109,539 62,737 83,727 Standard Pipe 439,927 225,836 504,442 237,193 Oil Country Goods 307,436 224,154 213,244 160,790 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 218,402 123,222 351,335 209,024 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 170,473 103,550 107,551 58,697 Line Pipe - Not Specified 82,681 33,704 39,285 13,376 Mechanical Tubing 235,016 183,719 231,971 190,768 Pressure Tubing 30,150 34,423 49,396 79,435 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 39,514 140,576 37,759 138,856 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,034 13,243 10,625 14,823 Structural Pipe & Tube 191,019 98,707 181,130 89,088 Pipe For Piling 4,839 2,800 10,870 4,625 Wire Drawn 356,766 287,181 338,156 270,257 Black Plate 24,813 16,692 57,395 27,882 Tin Plate 141,985 85,484 151,941 84,026 Tin Free Steel 38,266 23,188 57,479 34,357 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,216,999 408,569 1,189,996 324,104 Sheets Cold Rolled 687,185 445,857 746,261 381,618 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 857,548 465,237 763,233 367,620 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 66,710 38,931 78,351 40,165 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 149,304 110,082 127,833 79,972 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,067 26,489 35,504 23,127 Strip - Hot Rolled 48,288 20,901 44,403 17,204 Strip - Cold Rolled 75,578 127,503 70,032 111,884 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)