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 September 2004 September 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 23,515,412 14,712,999 15,990,329 7,842,214 Ingots And Steel For Castings 20,296 19,894 44,846 41,224 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,849,742 2,046,349 3,210,960 944,825 Wire Rods 2,648,030 1,218,366 1,482,665 467,210 Structural Shapes Heavy 432,753 229,314 352,860 134,169 Steel Piling 92,298 57,700 66,938 37,061 Plates Cut Lengths 594,933 419,393 402,967 195,862 Plates In Coils 715,823 430,851 385,863 151,575 Rails Standard 161,317 82,566 98,658 46,773 Rails All Other 14,477 9,445 12,641 6,446 Railroad Accessories 5,915 3,764 6,616 4,136 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,196,160 738,967 1,018,281 475,297 Bars - Light Shaped 166,230 114,202 134,952 69,285 Bars - Reinforcing 1,383,428 657,378 678,318 184,443 Bars - Cold Finished 222,145 309,131 191,068 199,731 Tool Steel 115,797 184,898 123,624 164,684 Standard Pipe 893,732 613,293 682,506 349,345 Oil Country Goods 725,042 587,290 497,456 348,739 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 357,802 221,658 317,957 185,258 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 211,634 134,029 264,063 162,270 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145,357 74,141 129,826 54,996 Mechanical Tubing 410,039 394,530 353,616 276,404 Pressure Tubing 70,562 76,411 47,679 51,359 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 82,302 345,429 62,562 219,614 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,085 26,034 13,165 22,187 Structural Pipe & Tube 363,191 307,311 280,631 144,920 Pipe For Piling 6,905 4,751 9,118 5,202 Wire Drawn 653,042 634,945 515,237 416,772 Black Plate 39,210 25,846 34,235 23,508 Tin Plate 223,755 143,557 206,176 125,337 Tin Free Steel 70,829 49,438 54,665 33,574 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,719,680 1,361,040 1,698,348 570,458 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,476,325 1,281,064 913,714 625,974 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,830,961 1,305,065 1,141,660 626,778 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 80,646 56,907 95,300 54,740 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 277,344 232,187 223,077 163,264 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 55,341 48,447 54,312 40,753 Strip - Hot Rolled 72,908 44,731 71,798 30,615 Strip - Cold Rolled 118,376 222,678 111,971 187,427 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)