Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2B: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Stainless 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 320,383 1,046,245 251,307 643,439 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,769 18,996 777 1,408 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,958 149,302 40,115 81,500 Wire Rods 14,102 37,731 9,150 20,226 Structural Shapes Heavy 586 2,317 999 2,669 Plates Cut Lengths 14,279 54,045 10,116 23,279 Plates In Coils 8,926 27,230 9,437 24,117 Bars - Hot Rolled 7,728 29,562 6,429 18,364 Bars - Light Shaped 3,262 10,092 4,853 11,322 Bars - Cold Finished 31,039 120,569 17,503 46,711 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 40,384 197,133 34,029 129,220 Wire Drawn 13,323 56,114 12,792 43,942 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,359 6,492 1,891 3,827 Sheets Cold Rolled 107,283 284,305 91,091 197,904 Strip - Hot Rolled 404 874 239 457 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,981 51,484 11,887 38,491 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)