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 November 2003 November 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,995,870 1,839,808 3,347,569 1,911,676 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,996 7,748 11,004 7,742 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 714,562 211,948 879,350 192,349 Structural Shapes Heavy 99,453 36,324 74,370 27,333 Plates Cut Lengths 190,651 108,231 214,123 110,535 Plates In Coils 67,087 27,786 104,783 39,151 Rails Standard 7,227 4,409 3,417 2,202 Bars - Hot Rolled 568,223 273,800 610,573 289,888 Bars - Light Shaped 16,380 7,488 21,068 8,650 Bars - Cold Finished 48,867 41,345 39,358 45,447 Tool Steel 148,860 199,519 126,277 164,577 Standard Pipe 8,777 11,958 11,671 19,432 Oil Country Goods 212,121 223,856 128,193 157,851 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 58,544 35,625 155,491 105,694 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 35,446 28,433 1,666 5,765 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 87,168 98,987 92,673 123,980 Pressure Tubing 20,522 35,461 46,213 92,845 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,228 10,916 4,450 12,205 Structural Pipe & Tube 16,812 19,391 26,276 21,547 Pipe For Piling 2,091 1,289 523 278 Wire Drawn 86,470 86,157 94,104 89,917 Sheets Hot Rolled 102,091 49,432 95,786 42,345 Sheets Cold Rolled 108,892 68,179 131,731 63,595 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 253,025 131,320 350,179 180,150 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,800 23,206 40,527 30,094 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,357 54,513 56,146 37,380 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,642 2,911 7,217 3,966 Strip - Cold Rolled 21,579 39,575 20,398 36,759 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 December 2003 (CB-04-11)