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 July 2004 July 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 16,979,504 10,169,473 12,703,693 6,218,704 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,906 11,662 39,153 34,361 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,540,532 1,406,401 2,604,326 771,509 Wire Rods 1,967,453 849,719 1,129,760 356,125 Structural Shapes Heavy 348,696 173,195 263,559 99,335 Steel Piling 67,738 40,702 49,542 27,850 Plates Cut Lengths 428,437 281,590 324,023 156,629 Plates In Coils 443,871 263,399 309,594 119,712 Rails Standard 142,345 73,412 85,165 40,159 Rails All Other 10,192 6,193 10,312 5,306 Railroad Accessories 4,450 2,920 5,235 3,156 Bars - Hot Rolled 927,013 544,177 800,755 374,759 Bars - Light Shaped 127,680 87,381 98,906 52,746 Bars - Reinforcing 990,680 455,945 485,029 129,455 Bars - Cold Finished 168,064 222,426 156,015 162,097 Tool Steel 87,248 132,988 100,280 131,426 Standard Pipe 646,542 423,707 524,503 267,666 Oil Country Goods 533,374 409,503 374,977 268,770 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 277,812 164,159 249,574 143,409 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 160,729 98,659 209,574 125,866 Line Pipe - Not Specified 108,844 50,916 103,805 44,367 Mechanical Tubing 310,853 286,844 274,541 214,974 Pressure Tubing 55,254 58,266 38,234 40,728 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,145 259,016 47,455 168,000 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,764 18,656 9,662 16,106 Structural Pipe & Tube 270,865 218,341 216,226 112,596 Pipe For Piling 5,341 3,693 5,719 3,344 Wire Drawn 501,129 474,516 412,225 331,812 Black Plate 29,615 18,951 27,979 18,772 Tin Plate 161,228 102,158 166,199 100,690 Tin Free Steel 55,361 38,607 44,148 26,991 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,852,284 854,929 1,375,730 459,724 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,003,834 862,899 762,707 508,273 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,243,175 851,527 961,025 525,340 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 60,514 41,509 75,090 43,347 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 179,295 145,273 176,322 129,168 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 41,464 35,877 42,448 31,409 Strip - Hot Rolled 57,315 33,639 56,450 24,139 Strip - Cold Rolled 88,461 165,722 87,446 148,587 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)