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 February 2005 February 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 641,168 635,660 537,783 337,865 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,714 4,295 1,482 839 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 114,513 75,128 129,941 40,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 21,856 14,136 8,226 4,509 Plates Cut Lengths 50,695 65,968 42,866 25,597 Plates In Coils 23,305 19,570 9,637 4,322 Rails Standard 5,561 3,304 2,342 1,393 Bars - Hot Rolled 126,437 103,832 112,086 59,454 Bars - Light Shaped 1,527 945 3,946 2,006 Bars - Cold Finished 22,911 26,038 6,129 7,390 Tool Steel 31,337 63,357 21,221 30,241 Standard Pipe 1,366 3,049 1,987 2,417 Oil Country Goods 51,611 73,356 33,310 34,293 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,030 2,173 29,932 18,132 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 67 50 1,961 1,811 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 22,159 32,064 13,517 14,479 Pressure Tubing 4,870 9,436 3,672 6,293 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 565 2,096 560 2,226 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,849 5,706 2,006 3,808 Pipe For Piling 521 426 146 85 Wire Drawn 17,424 23,305 16,428 16,089 Sheets Hot Rolled 28,441 19,791 18,736 9,529 Sheets Cold Rolled 35,004 27,433 18,203 10,759 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 43,232 28,854 39,327 20,550 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,545 5,294 5,303 4,692 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 14,917 14,733 9,387 7,613 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,545 828 789 459 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,167 10,495 4,643 7,927 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 March 2005 (CB-05-54)