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 December 2004 December 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,737,124 2,993,238 3,218,350 1,983,750 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,429 12,937 14,382 7,947 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 641,204 289,182 736,230 220,091 Structural Shapes Heavy 95,367 57,763 108,154 40,091 Plates Cut Lengths 296,444 267,812 205,700 117,207 Plates In Coils 118,719 77,465 76,275 31,696 Rails Standard 42,089 23,170 7,227 4,409 Bars - Hot Rolled 733,524 488,741 629,782 302,858 Bars - Light Shaped 15,951 9,714 17,162 7,840 Bars - Cold Finished 72,294 92,828 52,870 45,395 Tool Steel 162,692 271,032 162,605 219,862 Standard Pipe 12,515 18,052 9,819 13,089 Oil Country Goods 290,651 338,084 226,680 234,389 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 191,830 130,282 58,554 35,630 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 11,053 9,386 35,873 29,075 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 114,315 133,697 94,864 107,606 Pressure Tubing 31,015 48,656 21,870 37,843 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,577 15,731 3,437 11,768 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,532 29,195 17,928 21,333 Pipe For Piling 2,099 1,400 2,108 1,297 Wire Drawn 107,290 125,979 93,984 94,067 Sheets Hot Rolled 170,567 101,583 119,991 57,509 Sheets Cold Rolled 167,338 120,977 118,050 73,453 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 270,642 161,249 271,042 140,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 38,753 32,823 30,183 25,360 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 78,641 70,424 73,008 56,745 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,071 3,880 5,850 3,010 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,523 61,195 24,721 44,162 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 January 2005 (CB-05-23)