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 September 2004 September 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,725,093 2,040,489 2,462,075 1,495,158 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,483 7,335 13,263 7,233 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 459,990 181,706 620,411 180,510 Structural Shapes Heavy 65,361 37,351 78,460 28,255 Plates Cut Lengths 212,171 169,141 156,104 88,435 Plates In Coils 82,145 51,623 50,296 20,875 Rails Standard 40,846 22,495 6,722 4,056 Bars - Hot Rolled 560,899 344,010 449,127 218,352 Bars - Light Shaped 11,369 6,821 13,954 6,314 Bars - Cold Finished 47,792 56,765 42,360 34,980 Tool Steel 115,797 184,898 123,624 164,684 Standard Pipe 8,457 12,054 7,904 10,795 Oil Country Goods 206,833 230,587 152,828 168,571 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 169,965 110,445 49,945 30,303 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,277 2,173 30,603 24,229 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 79,103 88,021 69,614 80,006 Pressure Tubing 22,401 33,993 15,963 27,473 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,493 11,791 2,533 8,557 Structural Pipe & Tube 12,631 21,868 14,287 14,934 Pipe For Piling 1,510 923 2,014 1,251 Wire Drawn 79,959 91,478 69,258 69,870 Sheets Hot Rolled 114,542 64,227 81,753 39,917 Sheets Cold Rolled 103,135 72,530 89,342 56,386 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 203,771 116,951 220,994 114,390 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 30,416 25,280 24,384 20,129 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 55,341 48,447 54,312 40,753 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,677 2,777 4,689 2,497 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,729 44,797 17,329 31,402 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 October 2004 (CB-04-213)