Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2B: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Stainless 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 748,783 2,562,993 732,715 1,989,908 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,074 33,431 5,299 10,285 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 112,160 319,630 132,686 288,394 Wire Rods 31,189 87,415 29,179 69,430 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,307 5,471 2,469 8,240 Plates Cut Lengths 34,685 130,592 25,206 62,689 Plates In Coils 29,079 90,164 27,402 75,083 Bars - Hot Rolled 19,381 78,045 16,656 50,031 Bars - Light Shaped 5,964 19,000 11,150 29,559 Bars - Cold Finished 78,235 300,662 49,218 147,688 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 102,271 547,171 91,036 385,409 Wire Drawn 33,559 146,953 31,370 116,125 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,460 20,630 9,017 19,191 Sheets Cold Rolled 243,871 648,878 268,895 617,537 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,323 6,861 1,432 3,568 Strip - Cold Rolled 31,224 128,090 31,701 106,678 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 November 2005 (CB-05-181)