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. March 2000 March 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,862,538 3,677,034 7,120,208 2,956,676 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,674 6,904 2,926 4,011 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,207,231 550,826 1,327,509 292,926 Wire Rods 584,128 194,648 537,396 163,925 Structural Shapes Heavy 383,176 138,784 487,153 145,078 Steel Piling 42,591 22,215 31,127 17,014 Plates Cut Lengths 168,206 90,153 323,629 143,479 Plates In Coils 410,907 127,204 290,445 85,370 Rails Standard 58,950 28,050 74,504 36,513 Rails All Other 8,720 4,870 5,692 3,771 Railroad Accessories 537 340 636 560 Bars - Hot Rolled 386,745 180,828 305,396 156,257 Bars - Light Shaped 84,868 32,933 61,133 24,280 Bars - Reinforcing 450,979 87,665 293,336 64,565 Bars - Cold Finished 92,226 104,128 58,939 70,279 Tool Steel 42,172 56,926 39,698 54,599 Standard Pipe 258,138 128,040 176,884 93,777 Oil Country Goods 123,455 79,658 23,907 21,100 Line Pipe 244,455 122,568 245,556 124,650 Mechanical Tubing 126,948 108,612 96,505 85,966 Pressure Tubing 11,704 14,159 9,127 11,506 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 23,468 79,531 17,891 65,160 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,067 7,473 3,449 4,242 Structural Pipe & Tube 122,404 62,378 118,789 56,654 Pipe For Piling 21,961 14,694 5,551 2,883 Wire Drawn 168,099 147,019 163,172 142,908 Black Plate 27,011 15,550 34,646 19,274 Tin Plate 111,678 61,932 105,626 60,507 Tin Free Steel 60,101 36,004 42,497 32,925 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,448,804 427,643 853,229 230,285 Sheets Cold Rolled 546,081 341,270 767,071 351,113 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 434,624 225,855 452,598 239,502 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 54,009 27,739 27,288 14,461 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 58,318 42,860 48,348 30,927 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 24,688 17,678 24,056 17,289 Strip - Hot Rolled 13,778 7,619 18,484 9,229 Strip - Cold Rolled 44,639 82,281 46,016 79,690 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."