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 January 2005 January 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,417,556 1,929,019 2,137,907 1,000,664 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,808 5,816 622 466 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 645,839 351,096 588,491 166,473 Wire Rods 56,469 43,447 265,405 84,846 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,079 35,239 36,664 15,905 Steel Piling 4,901 4,147 3,807 2,009 Plates Cut Lengths 47,219 51,322 49,292 25,621 Plates In Coils 92,786 67,277 45,012 17,160 Rails Standard 22,501 14,386 15,818 8,412 Rails All Other 1,304 1,146 860 504 Railroad Accessories 1,148 826 486 320 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,662 92,866 135,075 64,234 Bars - Light Shaped 10,075 8,235 14,189 7,895 Bars - Reinforcing 44,547 19,498 83,140 25,979 Bars - Cold Finished 26,066 46,310 19,832 24,079 Tool Steel 16,511 30,726 11,018 15,696 Standard Pipe 97,257 77,107 76,033 39,723 Oil Country Goods 94,848 100,481 94,045 62,229 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 19,753 19,199 38,809 22,518 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 31,781 25,648 27,374 15,287 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,754 10,941 19,113 7,521 Mechanical Tubing 43,667 54,783 41,972 32,556 Pressure Tubing 6,879 10,349 5,264 6,717 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,022 47,962 8,327 27,522 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,387 3,238 1,180 2,709 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,252 40,878 34,926 20,848 Pipe For Piling 284 268 258 212 Wire Drawn 68,446 81,593 62,229 51,437 Black Plate 3,595 3,242 4,145 2,345 Tin Plate 30,474 21,674 16,768 10,514 Tin Free Steel 8,692 6,455 6,761 4,366 Sheets Hot Rolled 305,961 188,265 208,823 72,497 Sheets Cold Rolled 198,137 201,910 94,649 70,997 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 209,304 165,151 78,472 45,760 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,368 7,365 4,230 3,052 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 48,469 48,019 22,575 16,167 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,726 6,443 4,894 3,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 10,148 6,626 5,976 2,926 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,439 29,083 11,372 19,223 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)