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 March 2005 March 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 7,599,774 6,067,047 6,119,751 3,156,342 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,454 19,538 2,619 2,110 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,688,845 970,564 1,402,867 441,823 Wire Rods 634,837 363,831 820,136 284,855 Structural Shapes Heavy 139,623 91,754 138,144 61,383 Steel Piling 19,609 17,043 20,553 11,800 Plates Cut Lengths 234,410 238,170 158,348 89,864 Plates In Coils 270,002 192,535 112,272 55,217 Rails Standard 66,264 44,571 53,160 27,226 Rails All Other 5,258 4,347 3,602 1,955 Railroad Accessories 2,994 2,007 1,992 1,112 Bars - Hot Rolled 402,589 334,957 391,235 203,682 Bars - Light Shaped 46,713 34,889 63,468 40,422 Bars - Reinforcing 262,920 113,396 265,670 88,746 Bars - Cold Finished 96,957 174,585 60,685 72,827 Tool Steel 46,883 99,001 33,859 48,930 Standard Pipe 270,592 223,054 226,425 131,043 Oil Country Goods 287,069 305,350 195,685 134,952 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 96,543 96,487 103,709 60,987 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 69,934 58,137 68,900 37,281 Line Pipe - Not Specified 40,782 32,099 52,637 22,458 Mechanical Tubing 152,248 182,501 128,071 105,851 Pressure Tubing 23,414 36,135 22,214 22,132 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 29,340 143,972 24,673 93,672 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,703 9,075 3,118 7,816 Structural Pipe & Tube 151,066 138,173 111,013 77,602 Pipe For Piling 2,147 1,847 1,308 916 Wire Drawn 206,173 241,492 195,423 169,122 Black Plate 14,526 11,786 13,301 7,747 Tin Plate 100,106 73,239 48,369 30,503 Tin Free Steel 22,413 17,138 21,173 14,930 Sheets Hot Rolled 845,276 517,216 612,053 224,851 Sheets Cold Rolled 535,601 546,297 286,727 243,096 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 563,157 443,857 318,953 189,588 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 31,918 26,511 23,193 15,610 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 131,585 133,913 61,013 46,768 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 21,520 21,443 15,521 12,562 Strip - Hot Rolled 28,898 19,495 20,795 10,727 Strip - Cold Rolled 41,405 86,644 36,867 64,178 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 April 2005 (CB-05-69)