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. January 2000 January 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,782,524 1,131,867 2,485,321 1,050,538 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,430 3,509 389 831 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 825,108 187,296 367,719 84,273 Wire Rods 189,923 65,830 180,691 58,662 Structural Shapes Heavy 103,013 38,183 189,085 57,051 Steel Piling 16,258 8,442 12,197 6,860 Plates Cut Lengths 65,368 32,525 134,807 57,590 Plates In Coils 125,553 38,292 96,561 28,777 Rails Standard 21,216 9,845 34,846 16,679 Rails All Other 1,835 1,184 1,953 1,244 Railroad Accessories 172 100 135 189 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,741 57,040 109,100 56,929 Bars - Light Shaped 28,435 11,073 16,175 6,266 Bars - Reinforcing 106,777 21,008 70,954 19,481 Bars - Cold Finished 27,339 31,107 21,061 25,013 Tool Steel 14,958 19,422 12,701 16,613 Standard Pipe 82,013 40,997 62,911 33,221 Oil Country Goods 25,283 16,926 15,440 12,282 Line Pipe 80,153 37,597 100,312 52,086 Mechanical Tubing 39,266 36,182 30,490 28,161 Pressure Tubing 3,909 4,098 3,025 3,958 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,330 25,185 7,049 23,994 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,237 2,640 1,070 1,352 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,297 19,173 40,938 18,889 Pipe For Piling 506 219 1,642 689 Wire Drawn 56,399 48,591 51,455 45,569 Black Plate 8,853 6,014 11,332 6,640 Tin Plate 41,434 22,918 35,903 20,634 Tin Free Steel 20,811 12,443 19,559 13,303 Sheets Hot Rolled 391,514 113,494 365,376 98,662 Sheets Cold Rolled 129,566 91,830 285,655 125,131 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 142,142 72,765 148,583 80,038 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,779 8,619 9,539 5,202 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,175 13,662 19,416 12,487 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,037 5,323 8,414 5,629 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,541 2,189 4,714 2,387 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,152 26,145 14,122 23,765 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."