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 January 2005 January 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,679 322,395 284,242 176,761 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,524 1,414 489 272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,973 31,884 70,998 21,380 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,132 8,388 3,656 1,977 Plates Cut Lengths 19,221 24,285 21,253 11,895 Plates In Coils 16,833 14,547 4,946 2,045 Rails Standard 994 495 541 350 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,710 55,423 62,491 29,644 Bars - Light Shaped 776 486 1,461 656 Bars - Cold Finished 12,178 11,829 3,503 4,502 Tool Steel 16,511 30,726 11,018 15,696 Standard Pipe 682 1,607 866 1,162 Oil Country Goods 31,057 46,646 23,177 24,862 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,026 2,147 11,505 7,337 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13 9 1,930 1,774 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,504 15,705 7,064 7,710 Pressure Tubing 2,387 4,473 2,034 3,555 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 313 1,107 290 1,147 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,900 3,160 894 1,689 Pipe For Piling 20 13 81 43 Wire Drawn 9,516 12,811 8,685 8,424 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,843 13,203 11,070 6,019 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,552 11,975 10,185 6,176 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,565 15,088 16,297 8,748 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,649 2,570 2,100 1,890 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,726 6,443 4,894 3,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 593 292 469 264 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,479 5,669 2,347 3,608 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 February 2005 (CB-05-41)