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 November 2004 November 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 29,831,777 19,259,298 19,430,495 9,563,317 Ingots And Steel For Castings 26,957 27,341 47,186 43,923 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,226,703 2,774,234 3,984,783 1,170,228 Wire Rods 3,151,752 1,502,663 1,816,145 574,447 Structural Shapes Heavy 515,937 287,168 438,116 170,097 Steel Piling 101,894 65,378 84,313 46,176 Plates Cut Lengths 730,747 539,666 483,954 239,038 Plates In Coils 989,770 607,462 463,636 187,670 Rails Standard 178,846 96,140 114,435 54,523 Rails All Other 16,864 11,239 15,131 7,938 Railroad Accessories 6,934 4,294 7,861 5,060 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,450,233 943,994 1,259,346 585,335 Bars - Light Shaped 209,486 148,502 166,059 87,194 Bars - Reinforcing 1,700,129 810,639 886,528 243,668 Bars - Cold Finished 276,255 400,368 227,991 239,387 Tool Steel 141,663 236,723 148,860 199,519 Standard Pipe 1,089,815 767,032 833,272 426,049 Oil Country Goods 922,597 779,039 651,862 453,018 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 449,560 288,367 359,151 207,809 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 272,608 182,052 304,159 188,285 Line Pipe - Not Specified 182,485 98,965 149,807 63,052 Mechanical Tubing 504,760 501,361 446,604 345,183 Pressure Tubing 87,134 97,625 59,469 67,181 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 98,924 422,313 78,451 279,868 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,783 32,746 16,464 29,255 Structural Pipe & Tube 446,469 387,781 339,156 178,962 Pipe For Piling 7,857 5,571 9,761 5,619 Wire Drawn 792,869 794,099 630,411 510,403 Black Plate 52,498 36,386 39,877 27,129 Tin Plate 283,034 183,609 266,086 162,350 Tin Free Steel 93,465 65,908 69,325 42,403 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,585,273 1,857,166 1,939,673 652,347 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,042,107 1,770,494 1,108,161 769,155 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,393,880 1,732,519 1,327,945 730,409 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 95,481 68,868 104,716 61,111 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 382,637 329,686 263,100 193,075 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,439 65,128 70,357 54,513 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,289 56,028 84,678 36,199 Strip - Cold Rolled 147,643 280,744 133,668 225,739 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)