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. May 2000 May 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,372,255 6,470,309 12,475,452 5,020,442 Ingots And Steel For Castings 28,529 22,135 5,092 7,151 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,850,727 1,011,695 2,697,650 564,501 Wire Rods 970,948 325,695 956,321 291,127 Structural Shapes Heavy 698,457 262,073 709,972 211,691 Steel Piling 71,352 36,861 53,322 28,057 Plates Cut Lengths 312,711 159,548 444,231 201,713 Plates In Coils 687,582 221,060 506,869 146,547 Rails Standard 99,120 49,616 125,400 62,382 Rails All Other 13,868 7,793 11,762 7,477 Railroad Accessories 1,028 576 2,287 1,149 Bars - Hot Rolled 671,168 315,462 528,032 261,474 Bars - Light Shaped 147,301 59,081 103,496 40,263 Bars - Reinforcing 698,276 140,466 522,793 113,405 Bars - Cold Finished 163,870 182,691 99,977 118,994 Tool Steel 68,428 93,127 63,822 91,189 Standard Pipe 461,666 227,446 304,036 159,341 Oil Country Goods 231,327 147,067 36,329 32,049 Line Pipe 449,369 229,024 398,404 197,694 Mechanical Tubing 213,879 182,434 162,350 141,626 Pressure Tubing 21,700 26,920 16,337 20,866 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 37,992 131,013 28,921 103,653 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,573 13,280 6,472 7,654 Structural Pipe & Tube 204,992 104,900 185,837 89,348 Pipe For Piling 25,481 16,237 9,287 4,953 Wire Drawn 289,378 252,551 280,745 242,768 Black Plate 46,415 27,719 55,906 31,751 Tin Plate 155,686 87,623 185,810 106,098 Tin Free Steel 78,161 47,536 70,191 50,963 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,638,304 791,853 1,500,895 401,457 Sheets Cold Rolled 981,616 618,906 1,338,391 613,338 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 708,204 375,960 788,596 417,756 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 96,122 50,113 51,895 27,669 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 97,812 71,880 76,320 49,718 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 44,032 31,016 41,480 28,823 Strip - Hot Rolled 23,628 12,922 30,231 14,988 Strip - Cold Rolled 72,555 136,029 75,994 130,808 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."