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 July 2003 July 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,974,230 1,188,356 2,107,902 1,202,055 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,476 6,663 7,498 5,173 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 548,743 159,503 544,324 106,556 Structural Shapes Heavy 48,728 17,835 52,540 18,421 Plates Cut Lengths 123,948 70,085 145,880 75,069 Plates In Coils 37,572 15,729 59,627 20,922 Rails Standard 5,643 3,392 2,453 1,677 Bars - Hot Rolled 338,264 168,084 395,090 189,755 Bars - Light Shaped 11,301 5,101 13,499 5,784 Bars - Cold Finished 33,143 27,491 25,322 31,390 Tool Steel 100,280 131,426 74,292 100,466 Standard Pipe 6,375 8,875 7,269 13,538 Oil Country Goods 119,851 134,833 79,794 95,133 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,355 24,570 93,250 57,797 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16,357 12,355 882 4,367 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 53,361 61,621 59,993 83,509 Pressure Tubing 12,569 22,061 33,233 69,137 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,913 6,294 2,394 6,509 Structural Pipe & Tube 12,182 12,231 14,525 11,671 Pipe For Piling 1,270 837 378 193 Wire Drawn 55,981 55,916 57,742 55,996 Sheets Hot Rolled 59,006 28,854 54,750 24,675 Sheets Cold Rolled 73,857 45,631 79,747 37,427 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 184,173 95,324 224,352 117,781 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,781 15,626 21,554 17,099 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 42,448 31,409 39,786 26,126 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,969 2,111 5,433 2,898 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,682 24,499 12,295 22,985 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 August 2003 (CB-03-148)