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 March 2004 March 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,119,751 3,156,342 5,870,861 2,764,399 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,619 2,110 11,398 13,335 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,402,867 441,823 1,195,426 334,840 Wire Rods 820,136 284,855 533,652 161,758 Structural Shapes Heavy 138,144 61,383 106,974 37,603 Steel Piling 20,553 11,800 21,943 12,402 Plates Cut Lengths 158,348 89,864 161,311 71,943 Plates In Coils 112,272 55,217 162,481 59,556 Rails Standard 53,160 27,226 53,190 25,951 Rails All Other 3,602 1,955 3,899 2,057 Railroad Accessories 1,992 1,112 3,192 1,820 Bars - Hot Rolled 391,235 203,682 352,403 163,321 Bars - Light Shaped 63,468 40,422 44,518 24,617 Bars - Reinforcing 265,670 88,746 211,352 50,644 Bars - Cold Finished 60,685 72,827 65,612 66,904 Tool Steel 33,859 48,930 41,446 52,422 Standard Pipe 226,425 131,043 216,219 111,992 Oil Country Goods 195,685 134,952 117,660 92,284 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 103,709 60,987 97,718 57,205 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 68,900 37,281 79,856 44,547 Line Pipe - Not Specified 52,637 22,458 30,289 11,480 Mechanical Tubing 128,071 105,851 117,568 92,439 Pressure Tubing 22,214 22,132 14,342 17,627 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 24,673 93,672 19,356 70,479 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,118 7,816 3,539 6,719 Structural Pipe & Tube 111,013 77,602 96,483 49,115 Pipe For Piling 1,308 916 1,154 806 Wire Drawn 195,423 169,122 178,082 141,912 Black Plate 13,301 7,747 15,552 9,777 Tin Plate 48,369 30,503 64,594 38,253 Tin Free Steel 21,173 14,930 18,447 10,951 Sheets Hot Rolled 612,053 224,851 713,451 240,727 Sheets Cold Rolled 286,727 243,096 410,856 248,159 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 318,953 189,588 512,498 270,155 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 23,193 15,610 32,373 19,853 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 61,013 46,768 81,310 59,820 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 15,521 12,562 18,217 14,797 Strip - Hot Rolled 20,795 10,727 23,464 10,433 Strip - Cold Rolled 36,867 64,178 39,035 65,702 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 April 2004 (CB-04-76)