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 June 2004 June 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,802,465 1,248,160 1,644,093 1,000,411 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,446 3,482 7,106 4,673 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 337,475 127,958 424,447 121,509 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,731 21,057 44,254 15,486 Plates Cut Lengths 131,014 91,650 103,305 58,270 Plates In Coils 44,050 23,685 31,213 13,006 Rails Standard 35,864 20,679 4,030 2,289 Bars - Hot Rolled 383,849 213,988 287,986 142,925 Bars - Light Shaped 7,540 4,331 9,803 4,351 Bars - Cold Finished 28,900 33,764 30,178 24,803 Tool Steel 73,779 109,581 84,677 109,539 Standard Pipe 4,434 5,924 5,843 8,090 Oil Country Goods 127,443 134,540 100,501 115,253 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 123,876 75,541 35,041 22,549 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,166 2,071 15,286 11,350 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 45,876 49,550 44,062 51,304 Pressure Tubing 15,469 22,327 10,920 19,335 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,788 6,689 1,294 4,859 Structural Pipe & Tube 7,410 14,469 11,235 10,628 Pipe For Piling 1,445 880 962 665 Wire Drawn 52,329 57,260 48,468 48,490 Sheets Hot Rolled 71,385 38,627 51,273 25,207 Sheets Cold Rolled 58,418 38,713 64,014 38,250 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 131,627 73,982 162,081 84,063 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,319 16,549 16,760 14,171 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,402 30,661 35,067 26,489 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,119 1,755 3,407 1,829 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,311 28,445 10,878 21,028 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 July 2004 (CB-04-139)