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 August 2004 August 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,403,553 1,756,554 2,215,224 1,348,068 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,054 6,102 12,777 6,903 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 409,827 161,965 568,183 166,108 Structural Shapes Heavy 57,926 32,677 75,620 26,934 Plates Cut Lengths 180,370 135,962 139,272 79,164 Plates In Coils 66,598 39,923 43,554 18,183 Rails Standard 40,666 22,413 5,857 3,540 Bars - Hot Rolled 502,665 296,774 386,267 191,677 Bars - Light Shaped 9,961 5,968 12,363 5,618 Bars - Cold Finished 40,601 47,589 39,391 32,130 Tool Steel 102,477 161,039 114,189 150,402 Standard Pipe 7,276 10,252 7,003 9,772 Oil Country Goods 178,808 195,526 135,534 152,495 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 148,650 91,705 48,834 29,539 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,231 2,132 24,819 20,263 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 67,806 74,508 60,947 69,917 Pressure Tubing 20,814 31,375 14,342 24,630 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,980 10,261 2,183 7,173 Structural Pipe & Tube 10,756 19,356 13,324 13,375 Pipe For Piling 1,484 904 1,426 924 Wire Drawn 71,386 80,570 62,953 63,366 Sheets Hot Rolled 99,942 55,140 68,973 33,859 Sheets Cold Rolled 89,546 62,103 82,728 51,310 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 184,465 105,866 201,882 104,264 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,015 22,331 21,657 17,714 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,405 42,017 51,848 38,768 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,160 2,436 4,311 2,273 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,686 39,658 14,987 27,768 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 Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2004 (CB-04-184)