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 October 2005 October 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,626,548 3,761,847 3,058,754 2,331,463 Ingots And Steel For Castings 26,983 23,991 12,675 8,976 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 716,590 460,604 514,730 211,571 Structural Shapes Heavy 104,103 64,215 72,493 41,818 Plates Cut Lengths 296,501 387,047 240,200 197,336 Plates In Coils 113,063 78,997 98,891 63,437 Rails Standard 27,174 18,186 41,632 22,882 Bars - Hot Rolled 661,618 529,220 616,990 386,726 Bars - Light Shaped 17,961 10,826 12,801 7,803 Bars - Cold Finished 125,342 151,698 54,065 64,655 Tool Steel 159,234 381,463 128,811 209,384 Standard Pipe 12,920 28,755 9,194 13,139 Oil Country Goods 311,796 475,214 230,460 258,550 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 140,952 168,979 188,150 126,728 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,447 1,803 2,307 2,206 Line Pipe - Not Specified 800 1,936 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 109,854 179,983 89,596 100,908 Pressure Tubing 26,824 63,363 25,157 38,797 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,896 12,281 3,840 12,869 Structural Pipe & Tube 15,959 29,628 14,193 24,190 Pipe For Piling 2,486 2,333 1,510 923 Wire Drawn 83,764 116,781 88,603 102,850 Sheets Hot Rolled 162,443 120,506 133,970 76,827 Sheets Cold Rolled 154,123 127,676 122,360 86,253 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 207,901 139,993 232,257 136,090 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 45,558 40,256 33,039 27,527 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 63,833 79,189 63,202 55,444 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,044 3,863 5,514 3,258 Strip - Cold Rolled 27,380 63,061 22,112 50,318 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 November 2005 (CB-05-181)