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 September 2003 September 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,990,329 7,842,214 21,781,340 8,719,212 Ingots And Steel For Castings 44,846 41,224 33,860 36,117 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,210,960 944,825 5,940,502 1,317,155 Wire Rods 1,482,665 467,210 2,403,303 703,813 Structural Shapes Heavy 352,860 134,169 520,286 172,391 Steel Piling 66,938 37,061 110,542 59,445 Plates Cut Lengths 402,967 195,862 573,773 252,805 Plates In Coils 385,863 151,575 634,681 201,120 Rails Standard 98,658 46,773 149,017 71,332 Rails All Other 12,641 6,446 10,667 5,516 Railroad Accessories 6,616 4,136 10,434 7,169 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,018,281 475,297 1,088,089 477,596 Bars - Light Shaped 134,952 69,285 128,391 58,856 Bars - Reinforcing 678,318 184,443 1,033,402 221,701 Bars - Cold Finished 191,068 199,731 195,958 221,898 Tool Steel 123,624 164,684 98,230 129,669 Standard Pipe 682,506 349,345 749,164 360,644 Oil Country Goods 497,456 348,739 324,788 242,228 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 317,957 185,258 504,794 306,080 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 264,063 162,270 179,997 100,858 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,826 54,996 99,271 36,199 Mechanical Tubing 353,616 276,404 367,432 295,446 Pressure Tubing 47,679 51,359 73,864 111,860 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 62,562 219,614 56,379 205,299 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,165 22,187 16,014 23,069 Structural Pipe & Tube 280,631 144,920 269,305 136,902 Pipe For Piling 9,118 5,202 12,227 5,168 Wire Drawn 515,237 416,772 520,512 413,197 Black Plate 34,235 23,508 72,234 36,989 Tin Plate 206,176 125,337 199,392 111,632 Tin Free Steel 54,665 33,574 82,870 49,122 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,698,348 570,458 2,290,959 663,358 Sheets Cold Rolled 913,714 625,974 1,189,986 625,889 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,141,660 626,778 1,278,524 628,817 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 95,300 54,740 121,765 62,821 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 223,077 163,264 220,064 138,649 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 54,312 40,753 49,066 32,991 Strip - Hot Rolled 71,798 30,615 65,007 26,950 Strip - Cold Rolled 111,971 187,427 106,587 168,462 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)