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 May 2004 May 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,427,786 973,898 1,364,308 838,074 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,062 2,579 6,383 4,272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 274,103 99,842 335,495 94,764 Structural Shapes Heavy 21,281 12,170 40,522 13,674 Plates Cut Lengths 104,349 70,972 82,201 46,993 Plates In Coils 35,551 18,479 26,022 11,143 Rails Standard 10,738 6,213 2,692 1,499 Bars - Hot Rolled 326,710 176,920 245,650 120,748 Bars - Light Shaped 7,028 4,014 8,053 3,595 Bars - Cold Finished 20,822 24,149 22,950 18,928 Tool Steel 58,951 86,575 70,596 90,367 Standard Pipe 3,648 4,861 4,280 6,582 Oil Country Goods 101,801 108,433 81,198 96,459 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 93,539 56,466 34,789 22,380 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,149 2,060 13,595 10,136 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 36,295 39,617 37,124 43,827 Pressure Tubing 11,868 17,353 9,886 17,888 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,430 5,621 1,078 4,027 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,630 11,405 8,993 8,624 Pipe For Piling 657 403 919 639 Wire Drawn 43,121 46,424 41,715 41,508 Sheets Hot Rolled 58,966 31,696 42,716 21,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 46,148 30,250 54,814 32,743 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 101,339 55,489 137,843 71,896 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,986 13,990 14,557 12,384 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 27,977 23,853 28,015 21,816 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,642 1,502 3,038 1,623 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,995 22,562 9,182 18,306 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 June 2004 (CB-04-118)