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 September 2003 September 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,462,075 1,495,158 2,703,980 1,545,279 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,263 7,233 8,741 6,245 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 620,411 180,510 692,668 141,274 Structural Shapes Heavy 78,460 28,255 59,901 21,271 Plates Cut Lengths 156,104 88,435 180,341 92,876 Plates In Coils 50,296 20,875 79,034 28,348 Rails Standard 6,722 4,056 3,338 2,158 Bars - Hot Rolled 449,127 218,352 498,811 238,650 Bars - Light Shaped 13,954 6,314 17,442 7,475 Bars - Cold Finished 42,360 34,980 31,681 38,053 Tool Steel 123,624 164,684 98,230 129,669 Standard Pipe 7,904 10,795 9,739 17,076 Oil Country Goods 152,828 168,571 98,947 120,352 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 49,945 30,303 126,893 84,673 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30,603 24,229 1,046 5,240 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 69,614 80,006 76,921 104,761 Pressure Tubing 15,963 27,473 40,043 82,114 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,533 8,557 3,354 9,109 Structural Pipe & Tube 14,287 14,934 20,158 16,136 Pipe For Piling 2,014 1,251 409 210 Wire Drawn 69,258 69,870 75,932 72,821 Sheets Hot Rolled 81,753 39,917 75,246 33,181 Sheets Cold Rolled 89,342 56,386 108,925 51,638 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 220,994 114,390 293,195 152,088 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,384 20,129 31,132 23,571 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 54,312 40,753 49,066 32,991 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,689 2,497 6,288 3,501 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,329 31,402 16,496 29,797 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 October 2003 (CB-03-183)