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 April 2004 April 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,382,796 4,531,170 7,532,144 3,619,953 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,663 3,181 16,321 18,524 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,776,576 585,256 1,486,064 421,374 Wire Rods 1,106,295 407,930 684,811 212,137 Structural Shapes Heavy 178,883 84,019 140,945 51,009 Steel Piling 37,023 20,690 25,022 14,003 Plates Cut Lengths 212,533 126,968 202,504 94,064 Plates In Coils 191,750 95,275 205,862 76,225 Rails Standard 80,267 40,559 64,618 30,783 Rails All Other 5,377 2,920 5,582 2,732 Railroad Accessories 2,845 1,657 3,865 2,280 Bars - Hot Rolled 540,122 292,349 452,693 212,927 Bars - Light Shaped 78,750 51,090 56,938 31,800 Bars - Reinforcing 432,423 164,191 241,987 58,999 Bars - Cold Finished 87,348 109,635 89,182 92,416 Tool Steel 46,126 67,451 56,559 71,661 Standard Pipe 336,070 201,147 293,536 150,126 Oil Country Goods 282,350 197,455 177,318 133,474 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 137,494 80,293 146,663 83,518 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 87,925 48,488 97,090 53,660 Line Pipe - Not Specified 66,175 28,870 43,164 16,225 Mechanical Tubing 172,863 147,427 157,476 124,161 Pressure Tubing 32,985 31,073 19,118 23,349 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 34,029 129,220 25,760 93,208 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,113 10,114 5,218 8,928 Structural Pipe & Tube 148,429 109,790 135,482 69,201 Pipe For Piling 1,850 1,280 1,916 1,246 Wire Drawn 270,991 242,248 242,418 194,008 Black Plate 16,877 10,055 18,127 11,836 Tin Plate 66,595 42,171 86,348 51,733 Tin Free Steel 27,806 19,800 26,318 15,626 Sheets Hot Rolled 820,836 314,220 899,228 302,892 Sheets Cold Rolled 378,762 342,634 513,912 321,023 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 500,127 312,654 657,709 350,773 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,330 21,686 42,447 25,198 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 84,191 65,705 104,107 77,568 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 21,811 18,288 22,592 18,102 Strip - Hot Rolled 30,233 16,004 30,501 13,383 Strip - Cold Rolled 47,971 87,378 52,746 89,780 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)