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. November 2000 November 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 32,292,002 13,940,419 29,599,864 11,491,405 Ingots And Steel For Castings 74,373 64,564 19,084 24,297 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,199,342 1,946,099 7,029,002 1,504,150 Wire Rods 2,441,875 807,131 2,305,532 704,390 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,666,946 626,863 1,173,840 368,020 Steel Piling 171,162 82,405 107,533 56,762 Plates Cut Lengths 850,684 397,845 765,811 349,773 Plates In Coils 1,347,898 440,213 1,290,151 368,520 Rails Standard 196,677 96,844 218,473 107,971 Rails All Other 25,888 13,986 26,325 15,945 Railroad Accessories 4,766 2,925 3,826 2,128 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,485,449 702,656 1,247,018 607,604 Bars - Light Shaped 303,469 120,317 241,156 96,256 Bars - Reinforcing 1,460,045 305,207 1,578,986 322,543 Bars - Cold Finished 344,330 398,965 253,597 281,940 Tool Steel 148,563 205,044 135,409 195,438 Standard Pipe 1,066,669 530,682 711,824 365,467 Oil Country Goods 589,382 390,798 129,156 100,367 Line Pipe 770,617 388,875 757,875 350,287 Mechanical Tubing 474,659 406,398 367,247 310,482 Pressure Tubing 46,286 52,443 42,462 47,423 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 80,914 294,017 67,810 233,701 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 22,910 31,094 22,303 27,141 Structural Pipe & Tube 447,295 228,688 397,329 193,050 Pipe For Piling 33,896 20,272 15,719 7,483 Wire Drawn 623,220 554,679 614,799 531,149 Black Plate 122,243 70,498 134,469 75,129 Tin Plate 326,744 187,008 423,434 239,906 Tin Free Steel 151,419 93,049 165,861 109,177 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,134,940 1,564,233 4,010,411 1,065,443 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,459,098 1,463,541 2,899,866 1,329,021 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,480,623 794,225 1,777,041 917,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 215,477 114,922 151,598 79,578 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 215,236 155,131 190,449 125,413 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 101,750 73,976 90,394 64,043 Strip - Hot Rolled 53,677 29,386 67,107 32,000 Strip - Cold Rolled 153,479 285,440 166,967 281,806 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."