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 October 2003 October 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,713,216 8,712,845 24,524,921 9,873,926 Ingots And Steel For Castings 46,719 43,493 36,281 39,396 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,537,730 1,047,048 6,789,241 1,538,639 Wire Rods 1,644,202 519,908 2,619,301 772,814 Structural Shapes Heavy 397,972 154,018 563,086 187,762 Steel Piling 76,277 41,838 119,322 64,432 Plates Cut Lengths 449,766 219,996 636,131 279,612 Plates In Coils 421,390 167,651 720,123 230,490 Rails Standard 100,850 47,922 154,504 73,510 Rails All Other 14,186 7,302 11,950 6,194 Railroad Accessories 6,819 4,343 11,627 7,800 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,144,827 533,456 1,238,129 543,107 Bars - Light Shaped 150,275 78,586 145,662 66,830 Bars - Reinforcing 817,052 223,208 1,074,921 231,528 Bars - Cold Finished 209,731 220,564 220,044 246,929 Tool Steel 136,925 182,787 112,372 147,786 Standard Pipe 754,366 386,704 844,226 407,091 Oil Country Goods 583,917 402,859 380,119 278,888 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 337,897 194,547 556,294 336,246 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 281,606 171,757 202,163 111,714 Line Pipe - Not Specified 137,894 58,388 111,922 40,742 Mechanical Tubing 403,569 313,970 413,904 330,742 Pressure Tubing 54,474 61,075 81,122 120,299 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 69,972 248,449 62,329 228,608 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,621 25,193 17,856 26,515 Structural Pipe & Tube 309,841 161,956 296,480 152,284 Pipe For Piling 9,416 5,419 12,825 5,463 Wire Drawn 575,747 464,507 580,138 460,520 Black Plate 37,451 25,747 77,618 39,997 Tin Plate 235,646 143,552 217,993 122,286 Tin Free Steel 60,839 37,351 89,077 52,520 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,838,942 616,639 2,661,943 784,811 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,009,915 698,375 1,344,702 715,787 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,238,585 680,606 1,490,884 738,467 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 99,998 58,212 136,462 70,970 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 242,698 178,198 246,172 156,490 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 60,599 46,264 52,785 35,075 Strip - Hot Rolled 77,291 33,056 74,507 31,186 Strip - Cold Rolled 123,210 207,900 120,707 190,396 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)