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 November 2005 November 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 26,479,121 21,377,107 29,831,777 19,259,298 Ingots And Steel For Castings 46,674 66,743 26,957 27,341 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,568,616 2,986,653 6,226,703 2,774,234 Wire Rods 2,116,384 1,165,247 3,151,752 1,502,663 Structural Shapes Heavy 514,595 324,178 515,937 287,168 Steel Piling 87,174 73,737 101,894 65,378 Plates Cut Lengths 900,370 947,711 730,747 539,666 Plates In Coils 864,428 596,298 989,770 607,462 Rails Standard 177,226 133,162 178,846 96,140 Rails All Other 17,868 15,238 16,864 11,239 Railroad Accessories 9,631 5,877 6,934 4,294 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,388,125 1,124,228 1,450,233 943,994 Bars - Light Shaped 206,465 131,667 209,486 148,502 Bars - Reinforcing 1,187,866 507,627 1,700,129 810,639 Bars - Cold Finished 391,165 689,607 276,255 400,368 Tool Steel 175,507 426,767 141,663 236,723 Standard Pipe 1,084,649 887,100 1,089,815 767,032 Oil Country Goods 1,389,845 1,580,901 922,597 779,039 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 474,631 506,762 449,560 288,367 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 326,588 317,724 272,608 182,052 Line Pipe - Not Specified 189,873 151,903 182,485 98,965 Mechanical Tubing 593,463 719,733 504,760 501,361 Pressure Tubing 88,563 160,969 87,134 97,625 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 112,825 605,436 98,924 422,313 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,491 36,885 13,783 32,746 Structural Pipe & Tube 477,997 436,208 446,469 387,781 Pipe For Piling 19,984 17,949 7,857 5,571 Wire Drawn 718,654 846,855 792,869 794,099 Black Plate 35,172 32,671 52,498 36,386 Tin Plate 359,830 276,065 283,034 183,609 Tin Free Steel 87,063 76,479 93,465 65,908 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,541,681 1,492,532 3,585,273 1,857,166 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,562,437 1,573,721 2,042,107 1,770,494 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,899,596 1,464,382 2,393,880 1,732,519 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 136,011 109,718 95,481 68,868 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 398,951 393,448 382,637 329,686 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 69,657 90,385 73,439 65,128 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,848 66,891 89,289 56,028 Strip - Cold Rolled 156,218 337,647 147,643 280,744 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)