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 July 2003 July 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,703,693 6,218,704 16,326,295 6,499,533 Ingots And Steel For Castings 39,153 34,361 28,378 29,905 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,604,326 771,509 4,611,893 982,090 Wire Rods 1,129,760 356,125 1,608,423 482,451 Structural Shapes Heavy 263,559 99,335 397,082 132,052 Steel Piling 49,542 27,850 84,245 45,077 Plates Cut Lengths 324,023 156,629 418,880 188,957 Plates In Coils 309,594 119,712 480,551 147,736 Rails Standard 85,165 40,159 131,151 59,655 Rails All Other 10,312 5,306 8,928 4,543 Railroad Accessories 5,235 3,156 7,808 5,738 Bars - Hot Rolled 800,755 374,759 839,954 372,392 Bars - Light Shaped 98,906 52,746 100,176 44,431 Bars - Reinforcing 485,029 129,455 844,540 177,221 Bars - Cold Finished 156,015 162,097 153,211 175,097 Tool Steel 100,280 131,426 74,292 100,466 Standard Pipe 524,503 267,666 595,363 280,690 Oil Country Goods 374,977 268,770 262,147 192,148 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 249,574 143,409 388,085 231,549 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 209,574 125,866 128,887 72,494 Line Pipe - Not Specified 103,805 44,367 47,975 16,633 Mechanical Tubing 274,541 214,974 287,802 229,690 Pressure Tubing 38,234 40,728 59,399 91,952 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 47,455 168,000 44,551 162,720 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,662 16,106 12,370 17,614 Structural Pipe & Tube 216,226 112,596 213,691 106,170 Pipe For Piling 5,719 3,344 11,445 4,825 Wire Drawn 412,225 331,812 399,927 319,329 Black Plate 27,979 18,772 62,592 31,274 Tin Plate 166,199 100,690 166,287 92,490 Tin Free Steel 44,148 26,991 65,793 39,168 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,375,730 459,724 1,562,726 434,518 Sheets Cold Rolled 762,707 508,273 879,927 456,847 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 961,025 525,340 934,416 452,085 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 75,090 43,347 88,855 45,665 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 176,322 129,168 151,814 96,076 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 42,448 31,409 39,786 26,126 Strip - Hot Rolled 56,450 24,139 51,138 20,165 Strip - Cold Rolled 87,446 148,587 81,809 131,495 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)