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 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 32,414,195 12,613,874 Ingots And Steel For Castings 56,051 34,223 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,727,338 1,682,296 Wire Rods 2,508,394 770,984 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,288,065 407,101 Steel Piling 117,722 61,805 Plates Cut Lengths 829,435 379,541 Plates In Coils 1,435,424 407,997 Rails Standard 225,881 111,552 Rails All Other 27,936 16,883 Railroad Accessories 4,219 2,316 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,359,840 662,162 Bars - Light Shaped 265,154 105,514 Bars - Reinforcing 1,662,531 339,573 Bars - Cold Finished 277,316 310,054 Tool Steel 148,655 214,426 Standard Pipe 777,177 398,183 Oil Country Goods 154,375 115,748 Line Pipe 842,553 389,842 Mechanical Tubing 398,793 336,363 Pressure Tubing 46,538 51,645 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 75,574 261,321 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 24,630 29,803 Structural Pipe & Tube 431,098 209,724 Pipe For Piling 19,196 8,931 Wire Drawn 669,940 579,320 Black Plate 151,067 82,853 Tin Plate 447,331 253,907 Tin Free Steel 186,382 120,798 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,502,895 1,200,943 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,099,972 1,437,778 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,914,687 987,978 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 171,160 89,955 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 208,678 137,827 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 104,319 73,563 Strip - Hot Rolled 73,298 35,050 Strip - Cold Rolled 180,570 305,913 _____________________________________________________________________________ December 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 37,666,051 16,294,795 Ingots And Steel For Castings 143,464 40,939 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,003,484 1,617,886 Wire Rods 2,146,579 779,416 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,518,343 898,854 Steel Piling 197,956 107,444 Plates Cut Lengths 1,927,471 932,700 Plates In Coils 2,768,107 884,929 Rails Standard 249,300 129,112 Rails All Other 52,315 32,656 Railroad Accessories 4,352 3,243 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,412,851 739,793 Bars - Light Shaped 281,591 123,426 Bars - Reinforcing 1,115,118 297,969 Bars - Cold Finished 315,647 394,960 Tool Steel 145,595 220,348 Standard Pipe 829,332 463,558 Oil Country Goods 311,307 247,942 Line Pipe 1,141,966 667,893 Mechanical Tubing 442,652 419,143 Pressure Tubing 61,038 64,862 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,983 256,496 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,251 18,083 Structural Pipe & Tube 454,025 239,051 Pipe For Piling 20,664 9,465 Wire Drawn 632,663 602,900 Black Plate 159,391 96,387 Tin Plate 290,846 185,527 Tin Free Steel 146,068 105,427 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,753,569 2,247,166 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,711,702 1,836,210 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,680,103 971,288 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 163,672 99,271 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 122,910 94,595 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 113,156 92,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 86,565 43,010 Strip - Cold Rolled 184,017 330,481 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census.