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 December 2005 December 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 29,128,436 23,321,039 32,484,663 21,380,213 Ingots And Steel For Castings 49,453 73,093 31,791 34,808 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,225,092 3,278,651 6,698,876 3,053,081 Wire Rods 2,273,756 1,252,267 3,423,887 1,647,740 Structural Shapes Heavy 575,247 364,830 563,879 318,360 Steel Piling 94,325 79,871 103,691 66,886 Plates Cut Lengths 997,571 1,040,647 813,997 627,195 Plates In Coils 941,675 641,284 1,058,490 657,931 Rails Standard 184,869 138,173 195,480 107,399 Rails All Other 20,254 17,120 19,196 13,180 Railroad Accessories 9,978 6,203 7,550 4,706 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,504,427 1,214,626 1,577,471 1,052,082 Bars - Light Shaped 224,876 142,598 225,575 163,642 Bars - Reinforcing 1,292,198 551,680 1,738,959 828,441 Bars - Cold Finished 413,947 738,082 306,980 454,535 Tool Steel 191,679 466,244 162,692 271,032 Standard Pipe 1,188,158 970,032 1,172,145 836,619 Oil Country Goods 1,507,868 1,731,822 1,005,808 862,575 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 533,369 567,472 479,117 311,816 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 348,553 338,087 309,826 214,127 Line Pipe - Not Specified 202,593 161,341 203,629 114,093 Mechanical Tubing 653,060 791,861 558,041 560,862 Pressure Tubing 94,996 172,673 96,550 109,852 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 121,963 657,324 107,949 464,946 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,742 40,710 14,866 35,732 Structural Pipe & Tube 512,488 465,252 495,210 431,567 Pipe For Piling 21,595 19,457 8,636 6,144 Wire Drawn 776,265 913,417 857,673 870,776 Black Plate 36,445 33,800 58,303 41,071 Tin Plate 390,723 299,693 327,926 214,486 Tin Free Steel 92,265 81,136 100,465 70,906 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,871,174 1,664,655 3,856,368 2,032,607 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,740,119 1,722,031 2,347,109 2,053,632 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,104,100 1,606,965 2,689,086 1,960,009 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 146,646 118,652 104,974 76,734 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 430,660 420,845 425,439 368,533 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 74,916 100,436 78,641 70,424 Strip - Hot Rolled 95,854 71,411 97,907 61,629 Strip - Cold Rolled 170,540 366,600 160,480 310,054 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 January 2006 (CB-06-29)