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. April 2000 April 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,285,728 5,065,505 9,421,975 3,908,507 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,198 15,081 3,688 5,333 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,197,190 807,095 1,747,335 385,534 Wire Rods 774,489 257,020 722,533 220,385 Structural Shapes Heavy 513,654 190,865 568,298 170,883 Steel Piling 53,791 27,944 43,525 22,909 Plates Cut Lengths 236,234 121,974 376,134 169,887 Plates In Coils 548,205 172,669 377,645 109,542 Rails Standard 86,943 41,986 108,433 53,570 Rails All Other 9,992 5,666 9,653 6,120 Railroad Accessories 779 447 1,024 757 Bars - Hot Rolled 505,958 240,437 413,262 208,300 Bars - Light Shaped 111,301 43,981 81,549 31,787 Bars - Reinforcing 612,352 120,804 409,008 88,587 Bars - Cold Finished 120,079 137,178 80,822 95,890 Tool Steel 54,416 74,264 49,926 70,787 Standard Pipe 331,838 165,544 235,526 124,253 Oil Country Goods 176,022 110,465 29,407 25,518 Line Pipe 343,948 172,865 326,359 163,629 Mechanical Tubing 168,781 143,672 127,019 110,843 Pressure Tubing 17,459 21,678 13,164 15,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 30,377 104,422 23,131 83,852 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,565 9,807 4,720 5,810 Structural Pipe & Tube 164,198 83,063 151,748 72,883 Pipe For Piling 23,345 15,340 7,659 4,079 Wire Drawn 223,994 195,175 221,579 191,586 Black Plate 35,267 20,608 43,186 23,774 Tin Plate 130,329 72,269 147,486 84,494 Tin Free Steel 69,863 42,764 56,254 40,953 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,117,987 630,031 1,176,280 314,967 Sheets Cold Rolled 758,765 477,508 1,024,940 476,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 578,066 304,615 624,754 331,197 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 75,347 39,434 38,734 20,667 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 77,010 56,385 62,686 40,577 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,684 24,759 30,166 21,420 Strip - Hot Rolled 17,846 9,858 23,629 11,574 Strip - Cold Rolled 57,459 107,832 60,713 104,102 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."