Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2B: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Stainless 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 916,583 2,521,984 724,870 1,491,347 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,560 17,200 26,152 34,049 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 166,557 370,850 139,874 207,515 Wire Rods 37,593 90,364 29,596 49,096 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,838 9,513 1,887 5,701 Plates Cut Lengths 30,591 80,247 23,435 44,197 Plates In Coils 31,679 87,109 25,478 44,838 Bars - Hot Rolled 19,700 60,598 13,188 27,160 Bars - Light Shaped 13,533 36,611 10,038 21,250 Bars - Cold Finished 61,797 190,258 51,091 117,166 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 107,949 464,946 86,368 309,023 Wire Drawn 38,086 142,706 31,122 95,998 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,378 36,505 11,630 15,946 Sheets Cold Rolled 341,503 800,017 237,366 408,026 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,570 3,942 370 831 Strip - Cold Rolled 39,249 131,117 37,275 110,551 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)