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 December 2004 December 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 32,484,663 21,380,213 20,978,967 10,357,328 Ingots And Steel For Castings 31,791 34,808 47,721 44,299 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,698,876 3,053,081 4,321,581 1,274,892 Wire Rods 3,423,887 1,647,740 1,965,214 624,504 Structural Shapes Heavy 563,879 318,360 496,239 193,157 Steel Piling 103,691 66,886 91,134 50,003 Plates Cut Lengths 813,997 627,195 513,634 256,724 Plates In Coils 1,058,490 657,931 502,684 206,157 Rails Standard 195,480 107,399 130,005 62,116 Rails All Other 19,196 13,180 15,944 8,364 Railroad Accessories 7,550 4,706 8,755 5,611 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,577,471 1,052,082 1,393,926 648,353 Bars - Light Shaped 225,575 163,642 179,566 95,084 Bars - Reinforcing 1,738,959 828,441 924,437 255,670 Bars - Cold Finished 306,980 454,535 246,470 259,961 Tool Steel 162,692 271,032 162,605 219,862 Standard Pipe 1,172,145 836,619 894,886 458,467 Oil Country Goods 1,005,808 862,575 688,088 475,075 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 479,117 311,816 373,885 214,577 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 309,826 214,127 322,154 198,547 Line Pipe - Not Specified 203,629 114,093 162,652 67,846 Mechanical Tubing 558,041 560,862 484,645 376,053 Pressure Tubing 96,550 109,852 64,446 73,002 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 107,949 464,946 86,368 309,023 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,866 35,732 17,619 31,816 Structural Pipe & Tube 495,210 431,567 366,199 196,503 Pipe For Piling 8,636 6,144 9,948 5,725 Wire Drawn 857,673 870,776 686,342 556,189 Black Plate 58,303 41,071 42,480 28,781 Tin Plate 327,926 214,486 282,021 172,662 Tin Free Steel 100,465 70,906 74,457 45,505 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,856,368 2,032,607 2,099,821 707,204 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,347,109 2,053,632 1,202,076 840,558 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,689,086 1,960,009 1,419,579 781,181 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 104,974 76,734 109,933 64,923 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 425,439 368,533 282,021 206,304 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 78,641 70,424 73,008 56,745 Strip - Hot Rolled 97,907 61,629 89,467 38,551 Strip - Cold Rolled 160,480 310,054 146,956 247,333 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)