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 April 2005 April 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,394,096 8,350,930 8,382,796 4,531,170 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16,432 26,732 3,663 3,181 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,279,994 1,331,984 1,776,576 585,256 Wire Rods 831,693 477,989 1,106,295 407,930 Structural Shapes Heavy 189,680 124,544 178,883 84,019 Steel Piling 34,467 29,296 37,023 20,690 Plates Cut Lengths 324,195 338,221 212,533 126,968 Plates In Coils 373,184 263,220 191,750 95,275 Rails Standard 86,129 58,636 80,267 40,559 Rails All Other 7,309 5,899 5,377 2,920 Railroad Accessories 3,903 2,520 2,845 1,657 Bars - Hot Rolled 563,240 459,864 540,122 292,349 Bars - Light Shaped 62,728 45,621 78,750 51,090 Bars - Reinforcing 350,215 152,382 432,423 164,191 Bars - Cold Finished 136,231 245,051 87,348 109,635 Tool Steel 63,720 139,291 46,126 67,451 Standard Pipe 383,067 315,370 336,070 201,147 Oil Country Goods 435,029 466,939 282,350 197,455 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 133,831 135,284 137,494 80,293 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 101,372 85,807 87,925 48,488 Line Pipe - Not Specified 71,756 56,653 66,175 28,870 Mechanical Tubing 210,165 253,541 172,863 147,427 Pressure Tubing 33,162 51,600 32,985 31,073 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 40,384 197,133 34,029 129,220 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,800 12,146 4,113 10,114 Structural Pipe & Tube 201,949 184,327 148,429 109,790 Pipe For Piling 10,672 9,536 1,850 1,280 Wire Drawn 277,963 325,744 270,991 242,248 Black Plate 16,913 14,031 16,877 10,055 Tin Plate 135,388 100,290 66,595 42,171 Tin Free Steel 31,380 24,439 27,806 19,800 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,118,316 687,225 820,836 314,220 Sheets Cold Rolled 716,605 708,458 378,762 342,634 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 793,751 624,903 500,127 312,654 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 46,557 38,531 32,330 21,686 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 183,926 182,443 84,191 65,705 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 29,425 31,176 21,811 18,288 Strip - Hot Rolled 38,569 26,376 30,233 16,004 Strip - Cold Rolled 55,997 117,727 47,971 87,378 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)