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. September 2000 September 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,643,677 11,809,459 24,037,407 9,294,566 Ingots And Steel For Castings 67,444 58,175 12,398 15,055 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,359,625 1,709,010 5,604,875 1,183,702 Wire Rods 2,014,249 664,702 1,916,397 576,629 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,389,973 524,553 1,064,894 325,637 Steel Piling 129,842 67,345 82,749 43,912 Plates Cut Lengths 687,128 328,508 663,365 302,194 Plates In Coils 1,222,816 397,831 1,030,956 294,332 Rails Standard 171,240 84,456 182,896 90,200 Rails All Other 22,357 12,453 22,066 13,447 Railroad Accessories 2,651 1,656 3,295 1,722 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,230,922 581,453 999,946 491,331 Bars - Light Shaped 260,327 104,268 196,262 76,188 Bars - Reinforcing 1,362,002 284,038 1,297,136 266,541 Bars - Cold Finished 288,986 331,314 197,445 220,554 Tool Steel 121,838 166,702 109,420 161,231 Standard Pipe 864,816 432,370 566,447 291,387 Oil Country Goods 464,734 310,492 78,967 69,538 Line Pipe 679,594 342,208 653,961 306,428 Mechanical Tubing 395,026 338,457 295,055 250,619 Pressure Tubing 37,726 44,140 32,731 38,103 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 67,018 238,506 54,233 186,562 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 18,594 23,890 17,451 20,349 Structural Pipe & Tube 368,869 189,446 324,422 156,926 Pipe For Piling 29,808 18,550 14,681 6,988 Wire Drawn 512,765 452,973 503,190 433,985 Black Plate 94,195 55,246 112,157 61,597 Tin Plate 259,669 148,102 340,156 192,842 Tin Free Steel 125,662 76,655 133,544 89,504 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,490,303 1,371,319 3,066,614 804,753 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,034,899 1,232,810 2,483,006 1,102,147 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,262,557 678,065 1,438,370 745,864 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 177,687 94,488 118,199 61,971 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 177,726 128,653 152,454 99,691 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 82,173 59,274 73,015 51,764 Strip - Hot Rolled 42,929 23,796 56,208 26,563 Strip - Cold Rolled 125,528 233,557 138,446 234,311 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."