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 January 2004 January 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,137,907 1,000,664 2,279,606 1,026,091 Ingots And Steel For Castings 622 466 3,303 3,452 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 588,491 166,473 488,462 134,368 Wire Rods 265,405 84,846 153,403 49,011 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,664 15,905 44,593 15,293 Steel Piling 3,807 2,009 7,573 4,347 Plates Cut Lengths 49,292 25,621 53,738 23,807 Plates In Coils 45,012 17,160 93,774 31,324 Rails Standard 15,818 8,412 16,915 8,418 Rails All Other 860 504 1,353 641 Railroad Accessories 486 320 1,009 566 Bars - Hot Rolled 135,075 64,234 140,482 61,045 Bars - Light Shaped 14,189 7,895 18,693 10,516 Bars - Reinforcing 83,140 25,979 89,805 21,557 Bars - Cold Finished 19,832 24,079 22,273 23,933 Tool Steel 11,018 15,696 12,408 16,299 Standard Pipe 76,033 39,723 63,355 33,106 Oil Country Goods 94,045 62,229 33,702 28,022 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 38,809 22,518 55,104 32,071 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 27,374 15,287 33,437 18,425 Line Pipe - Not Specified 19,113 7,521 11,974 4,192 Mechanical Tubing 41,972 32,556 44,118 31,996 Pressure Tubing 5,264 6,717 5,401 6,622 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,327 27,522 6,713 24,164 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,180 2,709 1,420 2,404 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,926 20,848 37,610 18,764 Pipe For Piling 258 212 355 234 Wire Drawn 62,229 51,437 59,639 48,554 Black Plate 4,145 2,345 6,761 3,777 Tin Plate 16,768 10,514 18,010 10,162 Tin Free Steel 6,761 4,366 4,776 2,791 Sheets Hot Rolled 208,823 72,497 318,088 105,644 Sheets Cold Rolled 94,649 70,997 157,850 86,400 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 78,472 45,760 214,482 110,946 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,230 3,052 8,101 5,049 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,575 16,167 22,422 17,091 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,894 3,940 5,982 4,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,976 2,926 8,565 3,929 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,372 19,223 13,956 22,973 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)