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 November 2005 November 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 816,514 2,796,176 819,368 2,239,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 14,863 38,770 5,979 11,553 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 118,189 336,906 152,037 334,435 Wire Rods 33,407 93,921 33,434 80,085 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,398 5,796 2,644 8,893 Plates Cut Lengths 39,006 144,805 28,179 72,591 Plates In Coils 30,781 95,080 29,325 80,862 Bars - Hot Rolled 21,099 85,787 18,135 55,043 Bars - Light Shaped 6,501 20,556 12,301 32,980 Bars - Cold Finished 85,807 331,096 54,378 165,721 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 112,825 605,436 98,924 422,313 Wire Drawn 36,805 160,832 34,490 128,803 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,522 24,522 12,199 28,313 Sheets Cold Rolled 265,773 703,362 300,549 695,757 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,043 9,006 1,455 3,628 Strip - Cold Rolled 34,495 140,302 35,338 118,196 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)