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 December 2003 December 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,218,350 1,983,750 3,637,756 2,087,156 Ingots And Steel For Castings 14,382 7,947 11,191 7,880 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 736,230 220,091 949,995 210,996 Structural Shapes Heavy 108,154 40,091 85,118 30,522 Plates Cut Lengths 205,700 117,207 228,075 118,347 Plates In Coils 76,275 31,696 112,959 42,716 Rails Standard 7,227 4,409 3,470 2,225 Bars - Hot Rolled 629,782 302,858 662,950 318,689 Bars - Light Shaped 17,162 7,840 22,092 9,131 Bars - Cold Finished 52,870 45,395 43,256 49,139 Tool Steel 162,605 219,862 141,100 183,654 Standard Pipe 9,819 13,089 11,863 19,816 Oil Country Goods 226,680 234,389 136,941 167,686 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 58,554 35,630 179,109 123,752 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 35,873 29,075 2,346 6,307 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 94,864 107,606 99,510 132,525 Pressure Tubing 21,870 37,843 48,769 97,214 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,437 11,768 4,773 13,085 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,928 21,333 28,425 23,181 Pipe For Piling 2,108 1,297 544 289 Wire Drawn 93,984 94,067 103,504 98,910 Sheets Hot Rolled 119,991 57,509 102,341 45,422 Sheets Cold Rolled 118,050 73,453 142,037 69,130 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 271,042 140,017 379,305 194,950 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 30,183 25,360 43,734 32,761 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,008 56,745 64,304 44,010 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,850 3,010 7,727 4,272 Strip - Cold Rolled 24,721 44,162 22,317 40,548 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 January 2004 (CB-04-28)