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 May 2005 May 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,921,693 1,909,672 1,427,786 973,898 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,212 11,263 4,062 2,579 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 452,920 284,086 274,103 99,842 Structural Shapes Heavy 52,663 34,744 21,281 12,170 Plates Cut Lengths 144,643 184,592 104,349 70,972 Plates In Coils 49,090 38,041 35,551 18,479 Rails Standard 18,325 11,830 10,738 6,213 Bars - Hot Rolled 339,030 274,483 326,710 176,920 Bars - Light Shaped 7,746 4,628 7,028 4,014 Bars - Cold Finished 62,548 73,276 20,822 24,149 Tool Steel 80,710 178,628 58,951 86,575 Standard Pipe 5,154 10,724 3,648 4,861 Oil Country Goods 162,409 240,022 101,801 108,433 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 62,974 78,419 93,539 56,466 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 203 216 2,149 2,060 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 54,277 84,734 36,295 39,617 Pressure Tubing 15,370 31,351 11,868 17,353 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,388 5,889 1,430 5,621 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,981 14,987 5,630 11,405 Pipe For Piling 969 891 657 403 Wire Drawn 43,404 59,822 43,121 46,424 Sheets Hot Rolled 79,866 59,027 58,966 31,696 Sheets Cold Rolled 82,770 66,452 46,148 30,250 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 111,797 74,716 101,339 55,489 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,190 18,229 15,986 13,990 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,700 37,301 27,977 23,853 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,629 1,953 2,642 1,502 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,725 29,370 10,995 22,562 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 June 2005 (CB-05-103)