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 August 2003 August 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,289,249 7,018,066 18,845,494 7,543,122 Ingots And Steel For Castings 41,061 36,741 31,297 33,134 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,873,299 851,394 5,349,740 1,165,862 Wire Rods 1,282,186 406,099 1,802,323 545,146 Structural Shapes Heavy 319,059 120,288 465,304 153,434 Steel Piling 56,687 31,727 99,566 53,452 Plates Cut Lengths 364,018 177,020 491,957 221,063 Plates In Coils 341,426 133,138 564,226 177,188 Rails Standard 96,509 45,690 132,267 60,204 Rails All Other 11,797 6,066 10,010 5,077 Railroad Accessories 6,212 3,821 9,092 6,422 Bars - Hot Rolled 910,878 426,584 963,838 424,723 Bars - Light Shaped 116,343 60,851 114,849 51,877 Bars - Reinforcing 595,974 161,445 950,538 202,330 Bars - Cold Finished 174,534 180,640 173,619 198,403 Tool Steel 114,189 150,402 85,382 114,543 Standard Pipe 601,474 306,840 682,062 322,452 Oil Country Goods 430,126 306,962 285,678 211,493 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 289,030 168,654 436,733 262,162 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 235,191 144,632 159,526 87,139 Line Pipe - Not Specified 115,976 49,555 78,418 27,919 Mechanical Tubing 310,326 241,826 331,584 264,809 Pressure Tubing 43,351 46,051 66,404 102,276 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 54,872 192,882 50,829 184,354 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,957 18,627 14,038 20,072 Structural Pipe & Tube 253,253 130,798 241,577 121,481 Pipe For Piling 7,873 4,446 11,932 5,020 Wire Drawn 461,315 373,467 462,077 367,665 Black Plate 31,106 21,507 68,319 34,730 Tin Plate 186,388 113,130 182,294 101,833 Tin Free Steel 48,771 29,904 74,788 44,382 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,516,063 506,554 1,840,691 523,404 Sheets Cold Rolled 838,799 566,629 1,031,489 539,779 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,045,710 572,426 1,093,983 534,951 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 87,805 50,091 101,209 52,002 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 200,357 146,822 193,068 120,211 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 51,848 38,768 43,396 28,620 Strip - Hot Rolled 64,811 27,647 57,615 23,107 Strip - Cold Rolled 99,673 167,940 93,777 150,405 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 September 2003 (CB-03-167)