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 May 2004 May 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 11,082,983 6,244,918 9,264,254 4,494,460 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,567 6,071 20,256 22,424 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,441,846 895,062 1,849,825 535,352 Wire Rods 1,360,031 532,348 803,533 250,523 Structural Shapes Heavy 237,926 114,105 195,830 70,856 Steel Piling 46,293 26,533 30,774 17,379 Plates Cut Lengths 262,219 162,012 232,803 111,001 Plates In Coils 258,188 142,621 242,044 90,177 Rails Standard 98,118 49,387 71,645 34,025 Rails All Other 7,282 4,144 7,457 3,709 Railroad Accessories 3,079 1,827 4,916 2,889 Bars - Hot Rolled 653,368 365,001 582,492 270,403 Bars - Light Shaped 95,092 62,948 68,757 37,731 Bars - Reinforcing 593,652 256,181 279,647 71,262 Bars - Cold Finished 110,929 142,146 111,652 116,367 Tool Steel 58,951 86,575 70,596 90,367 Standard Pipe 432,586 267,663 372,863 190,554 Oil Country Goods 357,403 259,463 244,540 182,537 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 191,658 111,074 207,454 117,129 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 108,310 61,937 127,767 71,376 Line Pipe - Not Specified 86,691 38,190 63,914 24,860 Mechanical Tubing 216,860 190,449 198,053 155,636 Pressure Tubing 41,494 40,845 25,598 30,517 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 43,137 168,046 32,865 117,667 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,198 12,890 6,551 10,875 Structural Pipe & Tube 188,425 142,893 164,210 84,174 Pipe For Piling 2,373 1,650 4,116 2,368 Wire Drawn 349,310 317,863 301,848 241,594 Black Plate 19,327 11,975 21,483 14,068 Tin Plate 101,331 64,400 116,199 69,661 Tin Free Steel 37,974 26,546 31,834 19,034 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,116,171 459,316 1,085,009 363,359 Sheets Cold Rolled 581,675 502,111 606,532 386,698 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 693,208 448,732 768,287 414,324 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 37,613 25,753 53,389 31,825 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 111,445 87,430 128,240 94,209 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 27,977 23,853 28,015 21,816 Strip - Hot Rolled 39,356 21,624 38,860 16,887 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,920 113,252 64,400 108,826 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)