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 August 2005 August 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,978,148 3,072,002 2,403,553 1,756,554 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,474 19,018 9,054 6,102 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 612,921 399,220 409,827 161,965 Structural Shapes Heavy 86,129 53,883 57,926 32,677 Plates Cut Lengths 234,926 304,221 180,370 135,962 Plates In Coils 77,134 57,388 66,598 39,923 Rails Standard 25,187 16,695 40,666 22,413 Bars - Hot Rolled 546,242 438,610 502,665 296,774 Bars - Light Shaped 13,473 8,119 9,961 5,968 Bars - Cold Finished 99,377 120,343 40,601 47,589 Tool Steel 128,851 301,818 102,477 161,039 Standard Pipe 10,684 22,217 7,276 10,252 Oil Country Goods 260,110 390,106 178,808 195,526 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 115,535 142,277 148,650 91,705 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,224 1,357 2,231 2,132 Line Pipe - Not Specified 416 996 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 86,350 139,104 67,806 74,508 Pressure Tubing 24,065 56,111 20,814 31,375 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,215 9,404 2,980 10,261 Structural Pipe & Tube 13,544 24,836 10,756 19,356 Pipe For Piling 1,505 1,416 1,484 904 Wire Drawn 69,685 97,364 71,386 80,570 Sheets Hot Rolled 131,339 97,709 99,942 55,140 Sheets Cold Rolled 132,431 108,245 89,546 62,103 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 167,770 112,529 184,465 105,866 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 33,326 30,157 27,015 22,331 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 54,676 66,172 48,405 42,017 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,434 2,884 4,160 2,436 Strip - Cold Rolled 22,125 49,805 17,686 39,658 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 September 2005 (CB-05-150)