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 January 2004 January 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 284,242 176,761 285,186 165,322 Ingots And Steel For Castings 489 272 974 621 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 70,998 21,380 80,657 22,001 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,656 1,977 2,603 909 Plates Cut Lengths 21,253 11,895 14,495 8,235 Plates In Coils 4,946 2,045 5,642 2,526 Rails Standard 541 350 517 306 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,491 29,644 59,363 27,170 Bars - Light Shaped 1,461 656 2,634 1,193 Bars - Cold Finished 3,503 4,502 3,573 3,191 Tool Steel 11,018 15,696 12,408 16,299 Standard Pipe 866 1,162 632 1,154 Oil Country Goods 23,177 24,862 11,284 15,163 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,505 7,337 6,141 4,622 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,930 1,774 1,759 1,375 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,064 7,710 6,871 8,211 Pressure Tubing 2,034 3,555 1,815 3,184 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 290 1,147 355 1,257 Structural Pipe & Tube 894 1,689 3,728 2,409 Pipe For Piling 81 43 21 12 Wire Drawn 8,685 8,424 8,075 8,079 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,070 6,019 9,303 4,610 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,185 6,176 11,801 6,684 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,297 8,748 27,774 14,928 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,100 1,890 3,661 2,988 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,894 3,940 5,982 4,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 469 264 1,059 554 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,347 3,608 2,059 3,441 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 February 2004 (CB-04-46)