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 October 2004 October 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,058,754 2,331,463 2,711,435 1,664,619 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,675 8,976 13,662 7,553 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 514,730 211,571 638,692 189,359 Structural Shapes Heavy 72,493 41,818 93,689 34,278 Plates Cut Lengths 240,200 197,336 173,052 98,211 Plates In Coils 98,891 63,437 57,893 23,791 Rails Standard 41,632 22,882 6,982 4,265 Bars - Hot Rolled 616,990 386,726 512,359 248,461 Bars - Light Shaped 12,801 7,803 15,075 6,970 Bars - Cold Finished 54,065 64,655 45,293 38,072 Tool Steel 128,811 209,384 136,925 182,787 Standard Pipe 9,194 13,139 8,427 11,488 Oil Country Goods 230,460 258,550 183,948 193,506 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 188,150 126,728 55,041 32,918 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,307 2,206 30,930 24,427 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 89,596 100,908 79,584 91,146 Pressure Tubing 25,157 38,797 18,213 31,889 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,840 12,869 2,873 9,680 Structural Pipe & Tube 14,193 24,190 15,686 17,522 Pipe For Piling 1,510 923 2,014 1,251 Wire Drawn 88,603 102,850 78,405 78,280 Sheets Hot Rolled 133,970 76,827 92,327 44,704 Sheets Cold Rolled 122,360 86,253 98,916 62,535 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 232,257 136,090 239,882 124,406 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 33,039 27,527 26,322 21,996 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 63,202 55,444 60,599 46,264 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,514 3,258 5,334 2,802 Strip - Cold Rolled 22,112 50,318 19,312 36,058 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 November 2004 (CB-04-213)