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 June 2005 June 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,242,787 12,464,632 14,128,746 8,225,021 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24,777 36,571 7,006 7,037 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,138,145 1,866,075 3,080,386 1,194,327 Wire Rods 1,289,486 724,463 1,672,360 691,261 Structural Shapes Heavy 289,265 187,213 302,947 147,125 Steel Piling 42,128 35,893 62,585 36,999 Plates Cut Lengths 504,214 526,432 329,422 212,864 Plates In Coils 515,581 365,678 351,149 201,425 Rails Standard 120,768 87,759 126,296 65,215 Rails All Other 11,418 9,670 8,049 4,689 Railroad Accessories 5,635 3,657 3,776 2,341 Bars - Hot Rolled 834,759 683,752 784,720 449,070 Bars - Light Shaped 103,680 70,041 107,989 73,573 Bars - Reinforcing 635,359 278,113 800,096 364,353 Bars - Cold Finished 217,330 392,063 140,125 182,980 Tool Steel 95,581 214,886 73,779 109,581 Standard Pipe 586,134 483,289 542,049 346,948 Oil Country Goods 719,644 787,028 445,779 331,329 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 283,749 297,292 242,766 143,739 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 166,102 146,936 131,954 77,713 Line Pipe - Not Specified 113,554 92,119 94,379 42,647 Mechanical Tubing 323,830 391,630 262,181 236,936 Pressure Tubing 53,437 89,475 48,536 49,393 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 61,918 318,966 53,037 214,833 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,202 18,072 6,337 15,418 Structural Pipe & Tube 290,529 268,078 230,939 181,827 Pipe For Piling 13,578 11,828 4,147 2,861 Wire Drawn 414,242 494,619 429,024 397,165 Black Plate 23,943 20,963 26,908 17,027 Tin Plate 205,278 154,698 128,526 81,377 Tin Free Steel 45,965 38,196 45,624 31,929 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,502,575 923,338 1,481,602 648,743 Sheets Cold Rolled 937,331 954,972 798,532 683,767 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,140,845 897,322 945,986 627,978 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 80,785 65,664 50,995 34,738 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 262,600 260,358 149,846 119,022 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 42,660 47,354 35,402 30,661 Strip - Hot Rolled 53,359 37,908 48,741 27,667 Strip - Cold Rolled 85,398 182,260 74,771 138,461 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 July 2005 (CB-05-123)