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 February 2005 February 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,657,403 3,761,238 3,916,129 1,940,214 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,259 13,318 1,823 1,397 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,222,675 687,859 964,495 296,396 Wire Rods 103,867 81,861 468,383 157,210 Structural Shapes Heavy 88,482 57,925 95,285 39,412 Steel Piling 9,249 8,028 10,431 5,992 Plates Cut Lengths 127,908 134,955 100,387 54,273 Plates In Coils 158,582 115,944 77,073 33,946 Rails Standard 39,207 25,687 30,956 16,738 Rails All Other 2,292 2,064 1,847 1,011 Railroad Accessories 1,290 941 1,239 631 Bars - Hot Rolled 221,093 180,592 241,535 124,928 Bars - Light Shaped 27,196 20,000 31,930 18,903 Bars - Reinforcing 158,778 69,128 184,738 56,976 Bars - Cold Finished 49,438 94,623 39,182 44,832 Tool Steel 31,337 63,357 21,221 30,241 Standard Pipe 180,643 146,651 153,797 82,515 Oil Country Goods 209,243 213,494 137,499 88,770 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 51,794 48,037 67,513 38,809 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 53,589 44,145 47,810 25,408 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,175 23,264 35,008 14,031 Mechanical Tubing 100,106 119,692 89,730 69,978 Pressure Tubing 14,207 21,451 14,250 14,681 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,997 96,615 15,577 56,275 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,330 5,884 2,137 5,156 Structural Pipe & Tube 106,795 97,366 73,438 46,497 Pipe For Piling 1,742 1,439 643 467 Wire Drawn 134,450 158,018 122,255 103,235 Black Plate 5,852 5,096 10,636 5,925 Tin Plate 57,648 41,138 32,321 20,209 Tin Free Steel 16,159 12,276 13,376 9,268 Sheets Hot Rolled 536,113 326,441 379,511 133,774 Sheets Cold Rolled 353,414 368,787 185,917 153,943 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 371,359 292,980 165,429 96,612 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,566 13,445 11,851 7,928 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 84,224 85,019 42,017 30,976 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 14,917 14,733 9,387 7,613 Strip - Hot Rolled 19,287 12,955 12,354 6,114 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,137 56,030 23,146 39,145 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)