Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2a. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Alloy Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. March 2001 March 2000 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 758,203 527,304 1,004,142 598,362 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,404 3,351 8,005 4,242 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 110,938 28,565 175,163 43,382 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,738 9,841 23,839 8,895 Plates Cut Lengths 43,812 31,077 53,413 32,322 Plates In Coils 17,524 6,866 30,935 12,927 Rails Standard 1,179 483 1,756 540 Bars - Hot Rolled 155,984 82,081 177,824 88,816 Bars - Light Shaped 2,228 959 6,792 2,369 Bars - Cold Finished 16,683 17,617 15,874 13,710 Tool Steel 39,573 57,915 42,172 56,926 Standard Pipe 3,247 4,524 4,147 6,810 Oil Country Goods 62,391 73,276 34,632 32,467 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 4,043 2,314 56,856 36,292 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 2,186 1,888 216 700 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 75 57 Mechanical Tubing 33,579 41,354 22,289 33,915 Pressure Tubing 7,169 8,892 7,300 9,868 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 312 1,413 2,035 3,078 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,138 2,771 1,321 2,304 Pipe For Piling 116 60 17,997 12,637 Wire Drawn 19,443 21,087 19,473 21,416 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,379 9,713 24,664 12,419 Sheets Cold Rolled 81,318 42,066 119,407 55,150 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 54,184 29,776 104,320 56,886 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,410 7,301 20,237 11,383 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,917 20,383 24,688 17,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 855 523 1,633 1,139 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,453 21,209 7,077 20,037 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."