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 September 2005 September 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,299,814 3,399,852 2,725,093 2,040,489 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,416 20,799 10,483 7,335 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 668,238 429,186 459,990 181,706 Structural Shapes Heavy 92,856 57,936 65,361 37,351 Plates Cut Lengths 262,956 338,938 212,171 169,141 Plates In Coils 98,143 70,121 82,145 51,623 Rails Standard 25,720 16,964 40,846 22,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 605,005 482,003 560,899 344,010 Bars - Light Shaped 15,762 9,506 11,369 6,821 Bars - Cold Finished 111,389 134,833 47,792 56,765 Tool Steel 143,008 336,740 115,797 184,898 Standard Pipe 11,944 26,147 8,457 12,054 Oil Country Goods 281,826 428,457 206,833 230,587 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 128,264 155,973 169,965 110,445 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,361 1,624 2,277 2,173 Line Pipe - Not Specified 552 1,388 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 98,188 160,775 79,103 88,021 Pressure Tubing 25,688 60,334 22,401 33,993 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,558 10,853 3,493 11,791 Structural Pipe & Tube 14,349 26,520 12,631 21,868 Pipe For Piling 1,863 1,751 1,510 923 Wire Drawn 76,340 106,529 79,959 91,478 Sheets Hot Rolled 147,540 109,263 114,542 64,227 Sheets Cold Rolled 142,578 117,571 103,135 72,530 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 189,464 127,135 203,771 116,951 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 40,500 35,932 30,416 25,280 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 59,916 73,553 55,341 48,447 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,968 3,326 4,677 2,777 Strip - Cold Rolled 24,421 55,694 19,729 44,797 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 October 2005 (CB-05-167)