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 August 2004 August 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,216,289 12,413,032 14,289,249 7,018,066 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,388 14,941 41,061 36,741 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,130,781 1,681,352 2,873,299 851,394 Wire Rods 2,258,708 1,007,755 1,282,186 406,099 Structural Shapes Heavy 393,530 203,535 319,059 120,288 Steel Piling 84,676 51,960 56,687 31,727 Plates Cut Lengths 524,889 355,407 364,018 177,020 Plates In Coils 581,166 349,161 341,426 133,138 Rails Standard 149,594 76,712 96,509 45,690 Rails All Other 13,154 8,482 11,797 6,066 Railroad Accessories 5,105 3,438 6,212 3,821 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,066,077 640,201 910,878 426,584 Bars - Light Shaped 150,022 102,600 116,343 60,851 Bars - Reinforcing 1,218,791 581,231 595,974 161,445 Bars - Cold Finished 194,236 265,270 174,534 180,640 Tool Steel 102,477 161,039 114,189 150,402 Standard Pipe 801,555 540,591 601,474 306,840 Oil Country Goods 609,821 488,038 430,126 306,962 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 314,276 188,698 289,030 168,654 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 188,466 118,227 235,191 144,632 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,370 63,820 115,976 49,555 Mechanical Tubing 364,547 343,803 310,326 241,826 Pressure Tubing 63,784 68,379 43,351 46,051 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 72,881 304,442 54,872 192,882 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,570 22,689 10,957 18,627 Structural Pipe & Tube 321,095 265,865 253,253 130,798 Pipe For Piling 6,466 4,377 7,873 4,446 Wire Drawn 577,139 555,644 461,315 373,467 Black Plate 35,565 22,936 31,106 21,507 Tin Plate 198,982 126,984 186,388 113,130 Tin Free Steel 64,108 44,581 48,771 29,904 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,265,570 1,090,097 1,516,063 506,554 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,246,691 1,068,029 838,799 566,629 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,536,134 1,074,131 1,045,710 572,426 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 72,639 50,505 87,805 50,091 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 234,890 194,051 200,357 146,822 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,405 42,017 51,848 38,768 Strip - Hot Rolled 65,390 39,579 64,811 27,647 Strip - Cold Rolled 102,350 192,467 99,673 167,940 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)