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. October 2000 October 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 30,210,137 12,945,699 26,903,222 10,383,021 Ingots And Steel For Castings 69,911 60,034 17,406 20,640 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,892,917 1,852,577 6,473,524 1,370,329 Wire Rods 2,250,252 740,793 2,135,527 645,240 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,523,950 573,299 1,114,866 345,644 Steel Piling 161,692 77,055 95,604 50,520 Plates Cut Lengths 764,856 362,103 701,228 321,308 Plates In Coils 1,289,046 421,582 1,150,209 328,269 Rails Standard 194,371 95,848 199,480 98,978 Rails All Other 24,073 13,298 22,938 14,066 Railroad Accessories 3,836 2,420 3,676 2,006 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,371,475 647,996 1,122,710 550,119 Bars - Light Shaped 280,379 111,676 216,213 84,589 Bars - Reinforcing 1,402,434 292,704 1,450,823 297,005 Bars - Cold Finished 317,150 365,364 222,610 250,160 Tool Steel 136,060 186,769 122,907 178,741 Standard Pipe 972,687 484,002 635,527 326,951 Oil Country Goods 533,093 355,060 103,303 82,691 Line Pipe 720,171 364,881 692,095 322,376 Mechanical Tubing 436,676 372,939 333,098 281,985 Pressure Tubing 42,919 49,213 38,097 42,866 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 73,752 265,196 60,543 208,773 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 21,020 28,110 20,206 23,880 Structural Pipe & Tube 409,991 210,034 362,031 175,055 Pipe For Piling 31,642 19,399 15,340 7,311 Wire Drawn 569,133 504,163 557,747 481,259 Black Plate 103,443 60,299 123,819 68,827 Tin Plate 286,093 162,866 388,474 220,459 Tin Free Steel 139,582 85,691 151,600 100,461 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,859,181 1,480,076 3,482,737 917,835 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,269,947 1,356,124 2,691,423 1,209,945 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,381,983 741,638 1,597,473 826,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 198,657 105,820 132,363 69,515 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 197,518 142,588 169,824 111,376 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 92,487 67,200 82,699 58,728 Strip - Hot Rolled 48,433 26,516 62,395 29,742 Strip - Cold Rolled 139,328 260,365 152,705 258,673 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."