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 July 2004 July 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,082,309 1,489,637 1,974,230 1,188,356 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,049 5,359 12,476 6,663 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 358,343 140,908 548,743 159,503 Structural Shapes Heavy 49,222 27,084 48,728 17,835 Plates Cut Lengths 159,052 114,451 123,948 70,085 Plates In Coils 57,422 33,384 37,572 15,729 Rails Standard 39,418 22,097 5,643 3,392 Bars - Hot Rolled 441,481 254,181 338,264 168,084 Bars - Light Shaped 8,819 5,091 11,301 5,101 Bars - Cold Finished 36,664 42,076 33,143 27,491 Tool Steel 87,248 132,988 100,280 131,426 Standard Pipe 5,460 7,648 6,375 8,875 Oil Country Goods 154,910 165,098 119,851 134,833 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 136,637 82,969 39,355 24,570 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,215 2,117 16,357 12,355 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 56,028 61,584 53,361 61,621 Pressure Tubing 17,836 27,056 12,569 22,061 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,258 8,127 1,913 6,294 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,540 16,610 12,182 12,231 Pipe For Piling 1,484 904 1,270 837 Wire Drawn 62,346 69,027 55,981 55,916 Sheets Hot Rolled 79,599 43,339 59,006 28,854 Sheets Cold Rolled 70,895 48,230 73,857 45,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 155,938 89,052 184,173 95,324 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 22,108 18,470 18,781 15,626 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 41,464 35,877 42,448 31,409 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,627 2,123 3,969 2,111 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,242 33,787 12,682 24,499 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 August 2004 (CB-04-164)