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. June 2000 June 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 18,407,908 7,825,471 15,254,694 6,082,945 Ingots And Steel For Castings 45,014 31,980 9,145 11,165 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,328,980 1,152,787 3,423,808 716,391 Wire Rods 1,191,168 403,558 1,138,617 348,865 Structural Shapes Heavy 856,186 323,204 807,922 243,593 Steel Piling 84,319 43,316 57,988 30,709 Plates Cut Lengths 385,484 201,756 517,273 232,924 Plates In Coils 841,454 269,909 586,243 168,435 Rails Standard 120,125 59,498 127,633 63,547 Rails All Other 17,339 9,633 14,002 8,810 Railroad Accessories 1,703 955 2,414 1,248 Bars - Hot Rolled 827,047 388,370 647,120 320,513 Bars - Light Shaped 172,908 70,086 126,838 49,374 Bars - Reinforcing 894,485 182,745 707,518 148,576 Bars - Cold Finished 200,772 223,568 132,520 148,563 Tool Steel 81,207 111,175 77,364 112,174 Standard Pipe 566,183 278,930 376,632 195,487 Oil Country Goods 285,171 185,114 47,255 44,255 Line Pipe 517,910 262,486 479,975 232,886 Mechanical Tubing 264,380 222,990 196,809 169,813 Pressure Tubing 25,408 31,093 21,584 26,703 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 45,141 158,902 35,556 125,382 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,845 16,741 8,765 11,473 Structural Pipe & Tube 247,360 126,881 225,665 107,511 Pipe For Piling 25,912 16,471 12,522 6,027 Wire Drawn 348,648 305,091 341,281 295,133 Black Plate 57,295 34,291 72,849 40,555 Tin Plate 180,606 102,300 225,670 128,782 Tin Free Steel 87,897 53,570 81,599 59,152 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,192,875 965,213 1,830,638 488,550 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,254,150 780,349 1,620,283 732,379 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 843,886 449,757 963,977 505,402 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 114,648 60,293 63,414 33,668 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 117,600 86,051 94,935 62,778 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 56,951 40,114 48,816 34,934 Strip - Hot Rolled 27,996 15,623 37,873 18,079 Strip - Cold Rolled 85,857 160,675 92,191 159,111 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."