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 December 2003 December 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,978,967 10,357,328 29,652,212 12,087,677 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47,721 44,299 41,264 44,619 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,321,581 1,274,892 7,981,624 1,862,336 Wire Rods 1,965,214 624,504 3,166,452 935,970 Structural Shapes Heavy 496,239 193,157 656,577 221,735 Steel Piling 91,134 50,003 144,532 78,514 Plates Cut Lengths 513,634 256,724 764,725 336,065 Plates In Coils 502,684 206,157 883,706 287,789 Rails Standard 130,005 62,116 190,911 89,973 Rails All Other 15,944 8,364 14,289 7,345 Railroad Accessories 8,755 5,611 13,065 9,001 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,393,926 648,353 1,465,805 649,275 Bars - Light Shaped 179,566 95,084 170,588 80,774 Bars - Reinforcing 924,437 255,670 1,157,753 251,317 Bars - Cold Finished 246,470 259,961 262,831 294,961 Tool Steel 162,605 219,862 141,100 183,654 Standard Pipe 894,886 458,467 989,239 477,219 Oil Country Goods 688,088 475,075 444,052 332,895 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 373,885 214,577 660,598 402,088 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 322,154 198,547 237,933 130,701 Line Pipe - Not Specified 162,652 67,846 129,656 46,836 Mechanical Tubing 484,645 376,053 488,378 389,317 Pressure Tubing 64,446 73,002 94,412 138,878 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 86,368 309,023 75,589 274,422 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,619 31,816 20,746 31,320 Structural Pipe & Tube 366,199 196,503 351,220 180,857 Pipe For Piling 9,948 5,725 13,756 5,951 Wire Drawn 686,342 556,189 696,964 554,766 Black Plate 42,480 28,781 89,675 47,183 Tin Plate 282,021 172,662 253,792 142,770 Tin Free Steel 74,457 45,505 104,869 61,232 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,099,821 707,204 3,524,844 1,065,939 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,202,076 840,558 1,733,945 918,825 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,419,579 781,181 1,919,964 960,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 109,933 64,923 166,415 87,444 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 282,021 206,304 299,503 191,871 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,008 56,745 64,304 44,010 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,467 38,551 89,431 37,954 Strip - Cold Rolled 146,956 247,333 147,704 231,854 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)