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 August 2005 August 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 19,656,223 16,129,914 20,216,289 12,413,032 Ingots And Steel For Castings 33,417 46,671 13,388 14,941 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,046,429 2,340,327 4,130,781 1,681,352 Wire Rods 1,665,518 926,903 2,258,708 1,007,755 Structural Shapes Heavy 379,503 241,966 393,530 203,535 Steel Piling 62,777 53,166 84,676 51,960 Plates Cut Lengths 645,479 687,295 524,889 355,407 Plates In Coils 636,614 459,952 581,166 349,161 Rails Standard 152,864 114,425 149,594 76,712 Rails All Other 13,944 11,852 13,154 8,482 Railroad Accessories 7,734 4,743 5,105 3,438 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,072,016 867,429 1,066,077 640,201 Bars - Light Shaped 147,186 94,111 150,022 102,600 Bars - Reinforcing 885,842 384,542 1,218,791 581,231 Bars - Cold Finished 279,624 508,947 194,236 265,270 Tool Steel 128,851 301,818 102,477 161,039 Standard Pipe 785,389 645,922 801,555 540,591 Oil Country Goods 1,019,675 1,130,885 609,821 488,038 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 354,105 372,774 314,276 188,698 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 241,585 230,115 188,466 118,227 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145,938 117,964 129,370 63,820 Mechanical Tubing 430,905 523,076 364,547 343,803 Pressure Tubing 68,243 122,923 63,784 68,379 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 82,727 436,425 72,881 304,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,362 24,311 9,570 22,689 Structural Pipe & Tube 366,923 337,431 321,095 265,865 Pipe For Piling 15,009 13,176 6,466 4,377 Wire Drawn 542,497 642,891 577,139 555,644 Black Plate 28,857 26,372 35,565 22,936 Tin Plate 261,574 199,064 198,982 126,984 Tin Free Steel 60,462 52,631 64,108 44,581 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,850,725 1,133,234 2,265,570 1,090,097 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,166,432 1,200,530 1,246,691 1,068,029 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,410,283 1,111,059 1,536,134 1,074,131 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 100,655 81,337 72,639 50,505 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 320,702 320,819 234,890 194,051 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 54,676 66,172 48,405 42,017 Strip - Hot Rolled 67,793 48,003 65,390 39,579 Strip - Cold Rolled 113,908 248,652 102,350 192,467 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)