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 February 2004 February 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,916,129 1,940,214 3,807,553 1,804,967 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,823 1,397 6,926 7,872 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 964,495 296,396 748,954 212,065 Wire Rods 468,383 157,210 225,906 75,539 Structural Shapes Heavy 95,285 39,412 72,338 25,255 Steel Piling 10,431 5,992 13,699 7,782 Plates Cut Lengths 100,387 54,273 92,687 42,365 Plates In Coils 77,073 33,946 125,434 44,445 Rails Standard 30,956 16,738 31,180 15,901 Rails All Other 1,847 1,011 2,141 1,116 Railroad Accessories 1,239 631 2,309 1,211 Bars - Hot Rolled 241,535 124,928 232,472 104,814 Bars - Light Shaped 31,930 18,903 32,645 18,054 Bars - Reinforcing 184,738 56,976 138,637 33,187 Bars - Cold Finished 39,182 44,832 44,736 44,802 Tool Steel 21,221 30,241 25,459 32,750 Standard Pipe 153,797 82,515 151,581 75,825 Oil Country Goods 137,499 88,770 75,820 57,213 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 67,513 38,809 76,949 47,091 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 47,810 25,408 52,226 29,235 Line Pipe - Not Specified 35,008 14,031 18,992 6,850 Mechanical Tubing 89,730 69,978 75,166 57,501 Pressure Tubing 14,250 14,681 8,922 11,539 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 15,577 56,275 12,479 45,365 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,137 5,156 2,468 4,659 Structural Pipe & Tube 73,438 46,497 63,834 32,515 Pipe For Piling 643 467 720 543 Wire Drawn 122,255 103,235 112,339 91,242 Black Plate 10,636 5,925 10,642 6,121 Tin Plate 32,321 20,209 40,223 23,214 Tin Free Steel 13,376 9,268 11,790 6,894 Sheets Hot Rolled 379,511 133,774 511,911 171,476 Sheets Cold Rolled 185,917 153,943 294,218 168,988 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 165,429 96,612 362,560 189,679 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,851 7,928 20,383 12,268 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,017 30,976 55,981 40,097 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,387 7,613 9,534 7,970 Strip - Hot Rolled 12,354 6,114 16,904 7,426 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,146 39,145 26,390 44,098 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 Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary March 2004 (CB-04-62)