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 November 2005 November 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,942,585 4,142,847 3,353,757 2,633,102 Ingots And Steel For Castings 30,964 27,505 15,215 11,137 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 736,143 473,763 536,691 229,496 Structural Shapes Heavy 119,443 71,933 88,161 52,590 Plates Cut Lengths 324,595 426,203 259,902 219,099 Plates In Coils 122,047 84,511 110,939 71,685 Rails Standard 30,709 20,621 41,865 23,037 Bars - Hot Rolled 716,212 574,350 668,907 432,280 Bars - Light Shaped 20,368 12,245 14,492 8,828 Bars - Cold Finished 132,781 164,539 62,517 77,835 Tool Steel 175,507 426,767 141,663 236,723 Standard Pipe 13,825 31,644 10,686 14,908 Oil Country Goods 352,812 546,163 266,515 306,442 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 158,915 187,539 190,777 129,261 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,541 1,974 11,024 9,365 Line Pipe - Not Specified 952 2,280 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 121,467 201,092 101,149 115,856 Pressure Tubing 29,764 71,105 28,202 43,765 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,578 14,850 4,187 14,216 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,950 32,854 16,028 26,771 Pipe For Piling 2,534 2,379 2,099 1,400 Wire Drawn 91,683 127,934 97,749 113,976 Sheets Hot Rolled 187,259 140,122 151,375 88,848 Sheets Cold Rolled 168,621 139,790 141,366 101,862 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 227,804 153,705 253,360 149,698 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 47,611 42,671 35,484 29,946 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 69,657 90,385 73,439 65,128 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,599 4,231 6,172 3,583 Strip - Cold Rolled 30,244 69,695 23,791 55,367 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 December 2005 (CB-06-11)