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 September 2005 September 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 21,756,527 17,749,637 23,515,412 14,712,999 Ingots And Steel For Castings 36,053 50,731 20,296 19,894 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,478,009 2,525,320 4,849,742 2,046,349 Wire Rods 1,837,302 1,013,979 2,648,030 1,218,366 Structural Shapes Heavy 424,129 269,012 432,753 229,314 Steel Piling 66,806 56,562 92,298 57,700 Plates Cut Lengths 738,614 772,698 594,933 419,393 Plates In Coils 720,747 512,276 715,823 430,851 Rails Standard 160,057 120,448 161,317 82,566 Rails All Other 14,918 12,707 14,477 9,445 Railroad Accessories 8,839 5,372 5,915 3,764 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,168,965 943,312 1,196,160 738,967 Bars - Light Shaped 165,356 105,586 166,230 114,202 Bars - Reinforcing 933,316 402,163 1,383,428 657,378 Bars - Cold Finished 318,535 566,968 222,145 309,131 Tool Steel 143,008 336,740 115,797 184,898 Standard Pipe 885,392 727,669 893,732 613,293 Oil Country Goods 1,137,115 1,270,248 725,042 587,290 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 379,616 398,587 357,802 221,658 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 269,939 258,932 211,634 134,029 Line Pipe - Not Specified 165,575 133,423 145,357 74,141 Mechanical Tubing 481,508 586,169 410,039 394,530 Pressure Tubing 73,909 133,271 70,562 76,411 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 92,447 487,730 82,302 345,429 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,580 27,826 11,085 26,034 Structural Pipe & Tube 403,493 370,068 363,191 307,311 Pipe For Piling 15,811 13,922 6,905 4,751 Wire Drawn 597,932 706,104 653,042 634,945 Black Plate 30,736 27,817 39,210 25,846 Tin Plate 294,529 224,491 223,755 143,557 Tin Free Steel 67,407 58,921 70,829 49,438 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,063,663 1,245,103 2,719,680 1,361,040 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,292,884 1,325,343 1,476,325 1,281,064 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,552,272 1,216,562 1,830,961 1,305,065 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 116,905 93,662 80,646 56,907 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 348,541 346,050 277,344 232,187 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 59,916 73,553 55,341 48,447 Strip - Hot Rolled 75,027 54,997 72,908 44,731 Strip - Cold Rolled 126,677 275,313 118,376 222,678 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)