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 October 2003 October 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,711,435 1,664,619 3,034,705 1,732,093 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,662 7,553 9,302 6,858 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 638,692 189,359 791,667 168,387 Structural Shapes Heavy 93,689 34,278 66,289 23,515 Plates Cut Lengths 173,052 98,211 196,502 101,028 Plates In Coils 57,893 23,791 91,273 33,551 Rails Standard 6,982 4,265 3,387 2,183 Bars - Hot Rolled 512,359 248,461 558,712 268,304 Bars - Light Shaped 15,075 6,970 19,545 8,123 Bars - Cold Finished 45,293 38,072 35,452 41,724 Tool Steel 136,925 182,787 112,372 147,786 Standard Pipe 8,427 11,488 10,926 18,322 Oil Country Goods 183,948 193,506 113,134 136,918 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 55,041 32,918 141,567 96,173 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30,930 24,427 1,054 5,270 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 79,584 91,146 84,673 114,187 Pressure Tubing 18,213 31,889 42,796 86,939 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,873 9,680 3,944 10,922 Structural Pipe & Tube 15,686 17,522 23,087 18,815 Pipe For Piling 2,014 1,251 464 240 Wire Drawn 78,405 78,280 84,980 81,374 Sheets Hot Rolled 92,327 44,704 84,632 37,315 Sheets Cold Rolled 98,916 62,535 123,057 58,675 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 239,882 124,406 321,358 165,955 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 26,322 21,996 36,343 27,151 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 60,599 46,264 52,785 35,075 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,334 2,802 7,020 3,845 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,312 36,058 18,386 33,458 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 November 2003 (CB-03-196)