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 October 2005 October 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,293,952 19,644,305 26,716,372 16,982,480 Ingots And Steel For Castings 40,879 57,875 23,691 23,890 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,142,440 2,807,700 5,541,093 2,403,258 Wire Rods 2,006,963 1,100,588 2,949,243 1,384,833 Structural Shapes Heavy 460,539 291,846 472,143 257,146 Steel Piling 77,781 66,053 98,986 62,956 Plates Cut Lengths 828,595 869,684 661,942 477,789 Plates In Coils 800,895 557,107 854,316 520,371 Rails Standard 163,007 123,243 167,177 88,023 Rails All Other 16,701 14,298 15,026 9,855 Railroad Accessories 9,196 5,601 6,528 3,990 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,282,934 1,039,182 1,329,464 842,102 Bars - Light Shaped 192,403 122,119 189,544 129,328 Bars - Reinforcing 1,029,195 438,193 1,546,875 736,290 Bars - Cold Finished 363,839 632,359 248,682 351,829 Tool Steel 159,234 381,463 128,811 209,384 Standard Pipe 986,293 808,093 994,871 692,414 Oil Country Goods 1,276,630 1,431,579 809,109 665,685 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 432,623 459,495 429,384 271,676 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 307,286 297,564 239,938 155,927 Line Pipe - Not Specified 178,294 142,970 159,385 83,097 Mechanical Tubing 538,405 652,470 456,406 446,314 Pressure Tubing 80,644 145,443 77,087 85,667 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 102,271 547,171 91,036 385,409 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,822 31,740 12,497 29,320 Structural Pipe & Tube 438,218 401,803 410,155 351,625 Pipe For Piling 19,294 17,146 7,107 4,948 Wire Drawn 657,992 776,346 723,138 715,173 Black Plate 33,308 30,850 43,322 29,176 Tin Plate 323,522 247,105 249,459 160,642 Tin Free Steel 75,377 66,416 84,280 58,879 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,337,270 1,381,135 3,154,599 1,623,389 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,417,845 1,447,429 1,758,579 1,524,469 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,708,394 1,330,116 2,095,142 1,501,328 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 130,813 104,736 87,741 62,612 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 374,619 371,324 321,760 274,161 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 63,833 79,189 63,202 55,444 Strip - Hot Rolled 83,625 60,970 80,816 50,632 Strip - Cold Rolled 140,972 305,902 133,840 253,450 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)