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 October 2004 October 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 26,716,372 16,982,480 17,713,216 8,712,845 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,691 23,890 46,719 43,493 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,541,093 2,403,258 3,537,730 1,047,048 Wire Rods 2,949,243 1,384,833 1,644,202 519,908 Structural Shapes Heavy 472,143 257,146 397,972 154,018 Steel Piling 98,986 62,956 76,277 41,838 Plates Cut Lengths 661,942 477,789 449,766 219,996 Plates In Coils 854,316 520,371 421,390 167,651 Rails Standard 167,177 88,023 100,850 47,922 Rails All Other 15,026 9,855 14,186 7,302 Railroad Accessories 6,528 3,990 6,819 4,343 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,329,464 842,102 1,144,827 533,456 Bars - Light Shaped 189,544 129,328 150,275 78,586 Bars - Reinforcing 1,546,875 736,290 817,052 223,208 Bars - Cold Finished 248,682 351,829 209,731 220,564 Tool Steel 128,811 209,384 136,925 182,787 Standard Pipe 994,871 692,414 754,366 386,704 Oil Country Goods 809,109 665,685 583,917 402,859 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 429,384 271,676 337,897 194,547 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 239,938 155,927 281,606 171,757 Line Pipe - Not Specified 159,385 83,097 137,894 58,388 Mechanical Tubing 456,406 446,314 403,569 313,970 Pressure Tubing 77,087 85,667 54,474 61,075 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 91,036 385,409 69,972 248,449 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,497 29,320 14,621 25,193 Structural Pipe & Tube 410,155 351,625 309,841 161,956 Pipe For Piling 7,107 4,948 9,416 5,419 Wire Drawn 723,138 715,173 575,747 464,507 Black Plate 43,322 29,176 37,451 25,747 Tin Plate 249,459 160,642 235,646 143,552 Tin Free Steel 84,280 58,879 60,839 37,351 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,154,599 1,623,389 1,838,942 616,639 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,758,579 1,524,469 1,009,915 698,375 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,095,142 1,501,328 1,238,585 680,606 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 87,741 62,612 99,998 58,212 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 321,760 274,161 242,698 178,198 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 63,202 55,444 60,599 46,264 Strip - Hot Rolled 80,816 50,632 77,291 33,056 Strip - Cold Rolled 133,840 253,450 123,210 207,900 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)