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 2000 February 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,942,708 2,381,423 4,519,245 1,915,251 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,167 5,045 1,811 2,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,669,269 397,778 728,042 158,622 Wire Rods 399,981 132,545 326,471 105,409 Structural Shapes Heavy 214,538 77,556 363,495 106,489 Steel Piling 27,246 14,239 21,132 12,035 Plates Cut Lengths 113,817 58,283 207,951 93,086 Plates In Coils 277,397 83,141 185,012 56,893 Rails Standard 39,565 18,740 55,033 26,502 Rails All Other 6,351 3,444 3,970 2,684 Railroad Accessories 241 144 425 384 Bars - Hot Rolled 241,765 112,847 192,025 99,189 Bars - Light Shaped 54,779 21,238 37,530 13,970 Bars - Reinforcing 235,131 45,871 165,580 39,500 Bars - Cold Finished 57,704 64,609 39,194 46,128 Tool Steel 25,740 35,593 22,207 33,009 Standard Pipe 170,034 83,729 119,391 62,743 Oil Country Goods 72,078 44,581 19,295 16,038 Line Pipe 150,873 70,372 184,707 93,707 Mechanical Tubing 77,244 67,688 60,881 55,199 Pressure Tubing 8,394 9,376 6,903 8,808 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 14,216 48,038 11,963 44,300 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,167 4,967 2,171 2,683 Structural Pipe & Tube 75,632 38,860 78,984 37,432 Pipe For Piling 14,575 10,188 3,828 1,955 Wire Drawn 107,273 93,812 101,755 89,569 Black Plate 21,971 12,765 16,326 9,327 Tin Plate 73,235 40,250 70,660 40,785 Tin Free Steel 38,919 23,483 30,311 23,318 Sheets Hot Rolled 977,755 283,641 554,728 149,500 Sheets Cold Rolled 339,901 211,211 513,346 232,399 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 299,098 152,554 284,220 153,013 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 33,454 17,112 19,082 10,153 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 39,225 28,856 32,321 20,799 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 16,633 11,430 16,237 11,811 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,009 4,595 12,678 6,009 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,331 52,840 29,579 49,611 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."