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 November 2003 November 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 19,430,495 9,563,317 27,044,728 10,989,840 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47,186 43,923 39,215 42,160 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,984,783 1,170,228 7,438,916 1,717,425 Wire Rods 1,816,145 574,447 2,751,577 818,959 Structural Shapes Heavy 438,116 170,097 601,892 203,229 Steel Piling 84,313 46,176 138,152 74,894 Plates Cut Lengths 483,954 239,038 701,741 308,083 Plates In Coils 463,636 187,670 814,423 263,603 Rails Standard 114,435 54,523 171,542 81,479 Rails All Other 15,131 7,938 13,516 6,942 Railroad Accessories 7,861 5,060 12,058 8,107 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,259,346 585,335 1,356,672 594,277 Bars - Light Shaped 166,059 87,194 161,050 74,841 Bars - Reinforcing 886,528 243,668 1,130,125 244,735 Bars - Cold Finished 227,991 239,387 241,361 271,080 Tool Steel 148,860 199,519 126,277 164,577 Standard Pipe 833,272 426,049 920,650 444,535 Oil Country Goods 651,862 453,018 423,061 315,937 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 359,151 207,809 606,548 366,671 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 304,159 188,285 221,422 121,491 Line Pipe - Not Specified 149,807 63,052 123,231 44,624 Mechanical Tubing 446,604 345,183 457,204 362,969 Pressure Tubing 59,469 67,181 88,455 130,087 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 78,451 279,868 69,469 252,542 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 16,464 29,255 19,509 29,266 Structural Pipe & Tube 339,156 178,962 322,026 166,306 Pipe For Piling 9,761 5,619 13,382 5,745 Wire Drawn 630,411 510,403 640,216 508,763 Black Plate 39,877 27,129 86,665 45,164 Tin Plate 266,086 162,350 235,026 132,073 Tin Free Steel 69,325 42,403 99,559 58,442 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,939,673 652,347 3,022,052 904,451 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,108,161 769,155 1,555,935 823,183 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,327,945 730,409 1,744,401 867,595 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 104,716 61,111 150,132 78,627 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 263,100 193,075 272,805 174,643 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,357 54,513 56,146 37,380 Strip - Hot Rolled 84,678 36,199 84,339 35,535 Strip - Cold Rolled 133,668 225,739 133,978 209,420 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)