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 April 2005 April 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,484,184 1,463,079 1,135,700 755,073 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,121 7,456 2,817 1,726 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 338,998 213,674 219,683 76,419 Structural Shapes Heavy 37,686 26,163 17,691 9,933 Plates Cut Lengths 113,259 145,449 85,417 56,041 Plates In Coils 40,692 32,106 26,821 12,901 Rails Standard 12,640 7,827 8,820 5,183 Bars - Hot Rolled 269,706 216,302 279,441 146,410 Bars - Light Shaped 5,518 3,352 6,126 3,371 Bars - Cold Finished 50,141 58,175 16,236 19,417 Tool Steel 63,720 139,291 46,126 67,451 Standard Pipe 3,968 8,203 3,045 3,904 Oil Country Goods 122,842 175,653 78,212 81,754 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,377 47,829 61,573 36,988 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 157 170 2,107 2,000 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 42,019 63,353 27,718 30,326 Pressure Tubing 11,376 22,796 7,643 11,901 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,139 4,762 1,086 4,292 Structural Pipe & Tube 6,745 11,332 4,596 9,240 Pipe For Piling 892 809 341 207 Wire Drawn 35,067 47,851 34,236 35,861 Sheets Hot Rolled 66,130 47,813 47,727 25,557 Sheets Cold Rolled 66,766 53,184 37,022 24,403 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 90,963 60,165 74,313 40,653 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,469 13,667 13,434 11,614 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 29,425 31,176 21,811 18,288 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,236 1,719 2,496 1,412 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,132 22,800 9,162 17,819 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 May 2005 (CB-05-89)