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 November 2004 November 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,353,757 2,633,102 2,995,870 1,839,808 Ingots And Steel For Castings 15,215 11,137 13,996 7,748 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 536,691 229,496 714,562 211,948 Structural Shapes Heavy 88,161 52,590 99,453 36,324 Plates Cut Lengths 259,902 219,099 190,651 108,231 Plates In Coils 110,939 71,685 67,087 27,786 Rails Standard 41,865 23,037 7,227 4,409 Bars - Hot Rolled 668,907 432,280 568,223 273,800 Bars - Light Shaped 14,492 8,828 16,380 7,488 Bars - Cold Finished 62,517 77,835 48,867 41,345 Tool Steel 141,663 236,723 148,860 199,519 Standard Pipe 10,686 14,908 8,777 11,958 Oil Country Goods 266,515 306,442 212,121 223,856 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 190,777 129,261 58,544 35,625 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 11,024 9,365 35,446 28,433 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 101,149 115,856 87,168 98,987 Pressure Tubing 28,202 43,765 20,522 35,461 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,187 14,216 3,228 10,916 Structural Pipe & Tube 16,028 26,771 16,812 19,391 Pipe For Piling 2,099 1,400 2,091 1,289 Wire Drawn 97,749 113,976 86,470 86,157 Sheets Hot Rolled 151,375 88,848 102,091 49,432 Sheets Cold Rolled 141,366 101,862 108,892 68,179 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 253,360 149,698 253,025 131,320 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 35,484 29,946 27,800 23,206 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,439 65,128 70,357 54,513 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,172 3,583 5,642 2,911 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,791 55,367 21,579 39,575 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 (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary December 2004 (CB-05-09)