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 April 2004 April 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,135,700 755,073 1,081,731 663,941 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,817 1,726 5,281 3,707 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 219,683 76,419 271,381 74,744 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,691 9,933 13,791 6,516 Plates Cut Lengths 85,417 56,041 68,045 38,320 Plates In Coils 26,821 12,901 19,848 8,401 Rails Standard 8,820 5,183 2,468 1,350 Bars - Hot Rolled 279,441 146,410 201,016 98,551 Bars - Light Shaped 6,126 3,371 6,933 3,074 Bars - Cold Finished 16,236 19,417 18,241 14,934 Tool Steel 46,126 67,451 56,559 71,661 Standard Pipe 3,045 3,904 3,627 5,506 Oil Country Goods 78,212 81,754 62,505 71,463 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 61,573 36,988 20,262 14,056 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,107 2,000 9,355 7,242 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 27,718 30,326 29,813 35,488 Pressure Tubing 7,643 11,901 7,252 13,456 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,086 4,292 906 3,450 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,596 9,240 7,284 7,002 Pipe For Piling 341 207 512 376 Wire Drawn 34,236 35,861 34,086 34,073 Sheets Hot Rolled 47,727 25,557 32,283 16,291 Sheets Cold Rolled 37,022 24,403 49,829 28,820 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 74,313 40,653 115,701 60,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,434 11,614 11,843 9,849 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 21,811 18,288 22,592 18,102 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,496 1,412 2,772 1,451 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,162 17,819 7,548 15,459 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 May 2004 (CB-04-100)