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 July 2005 July 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,664,409 2,716,720 2,082,309 1,489,637 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,021 16,974 8,049 5,359 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 583,408 375,648 358,343 140,908 Structural Shapes Heavy 71,520 46,913 49,222 27,084 Plates Cut Lengths 210,127 270,797 159,052 114,451 Plates In Coils 70,706 53,019 57,422 33,384 Rails Standard 24,746 16,334 39,418 22,097 Bars - Hot Rolled 478,333 390,569 441,481 254,181 Bars - Light Shaped 10,455 6,325 8,819 5,091 Bars - Cold Finished 92,108 109,554 36,664 42,076 Tool Steel 111,764 257,520 87,248 132,988 Standard Pipe 8,860 18,719 5,460 7,648 Oil Country Goods 222,845 330,495 154,910 165,098 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 103,503 129,188 136,637 82,969 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 827 891 2,215 2,117 Line Pipe - Not Specified 78 291 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 75,470 120,709 56,028 61,584 Pressure Tubing 21,298 48,669 17,836 27,056 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,896 7,905 2,258 8,127 Structural Pipe & Tube 12,078 21,695 8,540 16,610 Pipe For Piling 1,186 1,106 1,484 904 Wire Drawn 61,090 85,100 62,346 69,027 Sheets Hot Rolled 117,153 86,561 79,599 43,339 Sheets Cold Rolled 114,906 93,143 70,895 48,230 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 148,120 99,027 155,938 89,052 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 29,128 26,428 22,108 18,470 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 49,276 57,484 41,464 35,877 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,083 2,710 3,627 2,123 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,425 42,946 15,242 33,787 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 August 2005 (CB-05-135)