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. August 2000 August 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,934,575 10,635,354 21,214,962 8,248,511 Ingots And Steel For Castings 61,469 49,493 11,189 13,881 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,741,156 1,549,695 4,894,391 1,024,878 Wire Rods 1,745,753 581,327 1,706,474 510,319 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,244,045 470,156 996,510 302,589 Steel Piling 118,927 61,220 75,945 40,272 Plates Cut Lengths 593,391 291,660 612,885 280,074 Plates In Coils 1,099,717 356,277 860,776 250,311 Rails Standard 162,384 80,135 172,906 85,063 Rails All Other 20,048 11,274 21,374 13,068 Railroad Accessories 2,378 1,559 3,131 1,628 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,112,810 525,103 872,335 431,528 Bars - Light Shaped 231,790 94,165 181,489 69,783 Bars - Reinforcing 1,249,794 256,631 1,139,604 235,656 Bars - Cold Finished 265,506 301,912 177,777 197,846 Tool Steel 106,622 147,694 98,216 145,936 Standard Pipe 790,711 392,159 506,186 261,286 Oil Country Goods 407,565 267,673 64,226 58,025 Line Pipe 633,542 319,445 596,162 282,005 Mechanical Tubing 350,142 298,202 263,555 223,955 Pressure Tubing 35,516 41,810 28,530 33,933 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 59,897 213,008 48,060 166,605 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,206 21,980 15,182 17,582 Structural Pipe & Tube 332,063 169,781 293,021 140,608 Pipe For Piling 28,687 17,916 13,915 6,671 Wire Drawn 463,682 408,973 450,232 388,613 Black Plate 80,745 47,552 101,172 55,242 Tin Plate 233,467 133,192 309,996 175,646 Tin Free Steel 110,029 67,196 114,371 77,951 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,167,653 1,269,479 2,630,047 690,933 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,803,411 1,102,244 2,209,654 983,447 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,127,309 604,264 1,275,403 662,777 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 156,203 82,910 99,904 51,976 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 154,429 112,912 131,855 87,519 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 75,317 54,242 65,798 46,834 Strip - Hot Rolled 37,470 20,719 49,546 23,728 Strip - Cold Rolled 113,738 211,394 123,145 210,345 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."