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 July 2005 July 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,556,065 14,329,967 16,979,504 10,169,473 Ingots And Steel For Castings 29,787 41,952 10,906 11,662 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,682,336 2,149,616 3,540,532 1,406,401 Wire Rods 1,508,811 837,911 1,967,453 849,719 Structural Shapes Heavy 335,318 215,908 348,696 173,195 Steel Piling 52,195 44,391 67,738 40,702 Plates Cut Lengths 576,941 609,927 428,437 281,590 Plates In Coils 578,259 417,001 443,871 263,399 Rails Standard 136,647 101,911 142,345 73,412 Rails All Other 12,348 10,493 10,192 6,193 Railroad Accessories 6,593 4,159 4,450 2,920 Bars - Hot Rolled 956,528 783,991 927,013 544,177 Bars - Light Shaped 130,126 83,932 127,680 87,381 Bars - Reinforcing 803,716 350,596 990,680 455,945 Bars - Cold Finished 250,789 453,553 168,064 222,426 Tool Steel 111,764 257,520 87,248 132,988 Standard Pipe 668,605 553,429 646,542 423,707 Oil Country Goods 838,459 919,487 533,374 409,503 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 319,771 337,881 277,812 164,159 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 213,156 200,964 160,729 98,659 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,060 104,274 108,844 50,916 Mechanical Tubing 375,635 455,435 310,853 286,844 Pressure Tubing 60,267 105,433 55,254 58,266 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 71,033 369,144 63,145 259,016 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,115 20,592 7,764 18,656 Structural Pipe & Tube 325,004 300,463 270,865 218,341 Pipe For Piling 13,873 12,119 5,341 3,693 Wire Drawn 476,419 566,804 501,129 474,516 Black Plate 26,139 23,181 29,615 18,951 Tin Plate 230,338 175,250 161,228 102,158 Tin Free Steel 53,523 45,711 55,361 38,607 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,687,860 1,040,062 1,852,284 854,929 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,045,767 1,071,836 1,003,834 862,899 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,252,936 988,420 1,243,175 851,527 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 88,127 71,442 60,514 41,509 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 291,655 290,372 179,295 145,273 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 49,276 57,484 41,464 35,877 Strip - Hot Rolled 59,804 42,085 57,315 33,639 Strip - Cold Rolled 99,086 215,239 88,461 165,722 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)