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. January 2001 January 2000 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,091,810 972,201 2,782,524 1,131,867 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,253 5,298 4,430 3,509 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 339,687 84,395 825,108 187,296 Wire Rods 114,940 44,589 189,923 65,830 Structural Shapes Heavy 110,708 39,628 103,013 38,183 Steel Piling 8,774 4,840 16,258 8,442 Plates Cut Lengths 54,615 27,839 65,368 32,525 Plates In Coils 95,384 25,661 125,553 38,292 Rails Standard 33,924 15,750 21,216 9,845 Rails All Other 1,631 1,140 1,835 1,184 Railroad Accessories 2,826 1,551 172 100 Bars - Hot Rolled 96,381 47,667 119,741 57,040 Bars - Light Shaped 17,131 7,357 28,435 11,073 Bars - Reinforcing 115,821 27,187 106,777 21,008 Bars - Cold Finished 26,556 32,450 27,339 31,107 Tool Steel 13,979 20,526 14,958 19,422 Standard Pipe 85,020 41,007 82,013 40,997 Oil Country Goods 66,312 49,667 25,283 16,926 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 24,226 13,528 51,248 25,286 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 43,763 26,621 18,559 8,664 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9,204 3,680 10,346 3,648 Mechanical Tubing 37,234 33,045 39,266 36,182 Pressure Tubing 5,525 5,816 3,909 4,098 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,802 27,893 7,330 25,185 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,989 2,372 2,237 2,640 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,039 18,745 38,297 19,173 Pipe For Piling 512 231 506 219 Wire Drawn 56,641 50,660 56,399 48,591 Black Plate 11,840 7,215 8,853 6,014 Tin Plate 28,541 16,124 41,434 22,918 Tin Free Steel 12,285 8,104 20,811 12,443 Sheets Hot Rolled 244,219 68,184 391,514 113,494 Sheets Cold Rolled 218,344 108,443 129,566 91,830 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 98,091 48,820 142,142 72,765 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,051 7,738 16,779 8,619 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,771 11,912 19,175 13,662 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,446 8,299 8,037 5,323 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,605 3,066 4,541 2,189 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,739 25,153 14,152 26,145 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."