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. April 2001 April 2000 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,635,010 3,819,469 12,285,728 5,065,505 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,145 18,014 19,198 15,081 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,768,505 413,703 3,197,190 807,095 Wire Rods 704,413 229,012 774,489 257,020 Structural Shapes Heavy 287,472 103,976 513,654 190,865 Steel Piling 46,275 24,639 53,791 27,944 Plates Cut Lengths 228,265 109,122 236,234 121,974 Plates In Coils 235,933 67,789 548,205 172,669 Rails Standard 82,642 40,593 86,943 41,986 Rails All Other 6,022 3,500 9,992 5,666 Railroad Accessories 5,770 3,188 779 447 Bars - Hot Rolled 415,639 208,371 505,958 240,437 Bars - Light Shaped 50,839 23,157 111,301 43,981 Bars - Reinforcing 474,908 105,437 612,352 120,804 Bars - Cold Finished 110,388 139,934 120,079 137,178 Tool Steel 54,207 76,500 54,416 74,264 Standard Pipe 356,518 166,472 331,838 165,544 Oil Country Goods 352,402 208,656 176,022 110,465 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 178,581 92,118 223,597 118,646 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 107,113 66,996 78,321 39,428 Line Pipe - Not Specified 27,638 10,742 42,030 14,791 Mechanical Tubing 152,170 135,342 168,781 143,672 Pressure Tubing 20,077 21,547 17,459 21,678 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 25,769 102,902 30,377 104,422 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,478 9,671 7,565 9,807 Structural Pipe & Tube 155,516 73,633 164,198 83,063 Pipe For Piling 3,171 1,365 23,345 15,340 Wire Drawn 207,770 188,271 223,994 195,175 Black Plate 49,233 28,049 35,267 20,608 Tin Plate 105,407 62,572 130,329 72,269 Tin Free Steel 49,992 34,241 69,863 42,764 Sheets Hot Rolled 841,163 232,735 2,117,987 630,031 Sheets Cold Rolled 844,509 398,670 758,765 477,508 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 412,618 203,005 578,066 304,615 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 62,786 31,922 75,347 39,434 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 73,320 48,458 77,010 56,385 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 39,680 27,396 35,684 24,759 Strip - Hot Rolled 22,009 10,589 17,846 9,858 Strip - Cold Rolled 52,667 97,182 57,459 107,832 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."