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 May 2005 May 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,793,013 10,390,136 11,082,983 6,244,918 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,056 32,019 5,567 6,071 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,692,812 1,590,868 2,441,846 895,062 Wire Rods 1,088,535 614,050 1,360,031 532,348 Structural Shapes Heavy 235,555 154,029 237,926 114,105 Steel Piling 38,946 33,335 46,293 26,533 Plates Cut Lengths 426,028 435,715 262,219 162,012 Plates In Coils 431,939 305,974 258,188 142,621 Rails Standard 113,527 81,905 98,118 49,387 Rails All Other 8,798 7,242 7,282 4,144 Railroad Accessories 5,596 3,629 3,079 1,827 Bars - Hot Rolled 699,515 575,587 653,368 365,001 Bars - Light Shaped 89,157 61,085 95,092 62,948 Bars - Reinforcing 476,038 206,056 593,652 256,181 Bars - Cold Finished 172,924 311,308 110,929 142,146 Tool Steel 80,710 178,628 58,951 86,575 Standard Pipe 477,774 395,589 432,586 267,663 Oil Country Goods 579,876 633,445 357,403 259,463 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 191,625 194,927 191,658 111,074 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 131,271 113,500 108,310 61,937 Line Pipe - Not Specified 94,684 76,306 86,691 38,190 Mechanical Tubing 268,904 327,156 216,860 190,449 Pressure Tubing 43,844 70,406 41,494 40,845 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 51,325 260,984 43,137 168,046 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,991 15,071 5,198 12,890 Structural Pipe & Tube 246,498 226,073 188,425 142,893 Pipe For Piling 11,881 10,584 2,373 1,650 Wire Drawn 346,520 411,443 349,310 317,863 Black Plate 20,486 17,691 19,327 11,975 Tin Plate 166,544 124,968 101,331 64,400 Tin Free Steel 37,724 30,278 37,974 26,546 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,295,828 798,333 1,116,171 459,316 Sheets Cold Rolled 824,751 827,728 581,675 502,111 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 979,206 772,116 693,208 448,732 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 59,020 49,152 37,613 25,753 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 227,073 224,460 111,445 87,430 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,700 37,301 27,977 23,853 Strip - Hot Rolled 44,931 31,878 39,356 21,624 Strip - Cold Rolled 70,419 149,314 60,920 113,252 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)