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. December 2000 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 34,433,707 14,903,382 Ingots And Steel For Castings 77,238 68,066 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,684,587 2,064,513 Wire Rods 2,695,683 883,429 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,761,563 662,213 Steel Piling 182,102 87,981 Plates Cut Lengths 897,046 419,682 Plates In Coils 1,411,162 461,493 Rails Standard 214,354 105,006 Rails All Other 28,007 14,863 Railroad Accessories 6,980 3,963 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,583,915 753,107 Bars - Light Shaped 319,026 127,052 Bars - Reinforcing 1,514,859 317,988 Bars - Cold Finished 372,887 432,513 Tool Steel 162,450 225,232 Standard Pipe 1,154,850 574,322 Oil Country Goods 653,401 440,099 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 485,406 247,250 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 220,977 122,478 Line Pipe Other 102,412 41,861 Mechanical Tubing 510,022 439,721 Pressure Tubing 51,333 58,030 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 87,756 318,969 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 24,983 34,555 Structural Pipe & Tube 476,375 242,603 Pipe For Piling 34,217 20,442 Wire Drawn 668,742 598,490 Black Plate 131,329 75,872 Tin Plate 358,827 206,104 Tin Free Steel 167,523 103,089 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,362,107 1,629,754 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,628,428 1,556,133 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,594,731 851,239 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 235,697 125,398 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 237,388 170,026 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 111,250 80,265 Strip - Hot Rolled 59,017 32,523 Strip - Cold Rolled 165,073 307,058 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."