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. March 2001 March 2000 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,222,345 2,798,094 8,862,538 3,677,034 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,056 11,707 10,674 6,904 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,307,876 304,751 2,207,231 550,826 Wire Rods 499,598 165,678 584,128 194,648 Structural Shapes Heavy 225,923 83,276 383,176 138,784 Steel Piling 35,329 18,812 42,591 22,215 Plates Cut Lengths 173,447 82,600 168,206 90,153 Plates In Coils 164,223 48,466 410,907 127,204 Rails Standard 68,771 34,093 58,950 28,050 Rails All Other 4,413 2,597 8,720 4,870 Railroad Accessories 4,842 2,672 537 340 Bars - Hot Rolled 308,578 152,754 386,745 180,828 Bars - Light Shaped 40,132 18,145 84,868 32,933 Bars - Reinforcing 345,874 77,326 450,979 87,665 Bars - Cold Finished 79,224 101,062 92,226 104,128 Tool Steel 39,573 57,915 42,172 56,926 Standard Pipe 256,901 122,194 258,138 128,040 Oil Country Goods 200,122 145,961 123,455 79,658 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 82,874 43,047 156,257 83,116 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 84,939 50,840 55,995 28,163 Line Pipe - Not Specified 23,307 8,959 32,203 11,288 Mechanical Tubing 111,243 99,247 126,948 108,612 Pressure Tubing 14,366 15,820 11,704 14,159 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,132 77,285 23,468 79,531 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,624 7,007 6,067 7,473 Structural Pipe & Tube 112,103 54,703 122,404 62,378 Pipe For Piling 2,145 1,007 21,961 14,694 Wire Drawn 156,794 142,312 168,099 147,019 Black Plate 38,906 22,481 27,011 15,550 Tin Plate 73,060 42,564 111,678 61,932 Tin Free Steel 35,203 24,907 60,101 36,004 Sheets Hot Rolled 614,064 173,110 1,448,804 427,643 Sheets Cold Rolled 597,357 294,747 546,081 341,270 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 303,296 148,440 434,624 225,855 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 44,661 23,355 54,009 27,739 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 51,279 35,562 58,318 42,860 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,917 20,383 24,688 17,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 16,120 7,613 13,778 7,619 Strip - Cold Rolled 40,071 74,696 44,639 82,281 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."