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 June 2004 June 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,128,746 8,225,021 10,821,001 5,305,795 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,006 7,037 23,650 26,103 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,080,386 1,194,327 2,126,109 633,352 Wire Rods 1,672,360 691,261 958,025 301,474 Structural Shapes Heavy 302,947 147,125 228,150 83,683 Steel Piling 62,585 36,999 39,990 22,761 Plates Cut Lengths 329,422 212,864 273,338 131,326 Plates In Coils 351,149 201,425 273,265 103,457 Rails Standard 126,296 65,215 83,247 38,905 Rails All Other 8,049 4,689 9,122 4,522 Railroad Accessories 3,776 2,341 5,093 3,028 Bars - Hot Rolled 784,720 449,070 694,015 322,653 Bars - Light Shaped 107,989 73,573 85,364 46,075 Bars - Reinforcing 800,096 364,353 373,099 97,683 Bars - Cold Finished 140,125 182,980 137,858 141,184 Tool Steel 73,779 109,581 84,677 109,539 Standard Pipe 542,049 346,948 439,927 225,836 Oil Country Goods 445,779 331,329 307,436 224,154 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 242,766 143,739 218,402 123,222 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 131,954 77,713 170,473 103,550 Line Pipe - Not Specified 94,379 42,647 82,681 33,704 Mechanical Tubing 262,181 236,936 235,016 183,719 Pressure Tubing 48,536 49,393 30,150 34,423 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 53,037 214,833 39,514 140,576 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,337 15,418 8,034 13,243 Structural Pipe & Tube 230,939 181,827 191,019 98,707 Pipe For Piling 4,147 2,861 4,839 2,800 Wire Drawn 429,024 397,165 356,766 287,181 Black Plate 26,908 17,027 24,813 16,692 Tin Plate 128,526 81,377 141,985 85,484 Tin Free Steel 45,624 31,929 38,266 23,188 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,481,602 648,743 1,216,999 408,569 Sheets Cold Rolled 798,532 683,767 687,185 445,857 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 945,986 627,978 857,548 465,237 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 50,995 34,738 66,710 38,931 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 149,846 119,022 149,304 110,082 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,402 30,661 35,067 26,489 Strip - Hot Rolled 48,741 27,667 48,288 20,901 Strip - Cold Rolled 74,771 138,461 75,578 127,503 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)