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. May 2001 May 2000 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,769,901 4,803,766 15,372,255 6,470,309 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,132 21,981 28,529 22,135 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,081,547 494,797 3,850,727 1,011,695 Wire Rods 873,967 284,358 970,948 325,695 Structural Shapes Heavy 368,602 131,860 698,457 262,073 Steel Piling 67,877 36,840 71,352 36,861 Plates Cut Lengths 295,364 143,428 312,711 159,548 Plates In Coils 282,910 82,173 687,582 221,060 Rails Standard 87,974 42,804 99,120 49,616 Rails All Other 7,609 4,199 13,868 7,793 Railroad Accessories 6,334 3,688 1,028 576 Bars - Hot Rolled 524,928 264,906 671,168 315,462 Bars - Light Shaped 62,556 28,547 147,301 59,081 Bars - Reinforcing 621,282 137,363 698,276 140,466 Bars - Cold Finished 138,688 176,884 163,870 182,691 Tool Steel 68,192 96,008 68,428 93,127 Standard Pipe 457,538 212,381 461,666 227,446 Oil Country Goods 433,260 266,278 231,327 147,067 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 287,290 151,264 294,775 157,816 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 128,860 79,291 105,195 53,450 Line Pipe - Not Specified 37,638 14,957 49,400 17,758 Mechanical Tubing 200,029 174,771 213,879 182,434 Pressure Tubing 24,638 26,742 21,700 26,920 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 32,104 128,502 37,992 131,013 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,490 12,835 10,573 13,280 Structural Pipe & Tube 190,508 90,370 204,992 104,900 Pipe For Piling 3,453 1,517 25,481 16,237 Wire Drawn 263,268 236,180 289,378 252,551 Black Plate 60,817 35,292 46,415 27,719 Tin Plate 135,380 80,866 155,686 87,623 Tin Free Steel 67,254 45,375 78,161 47,536 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,024,732 283,937 2,638,304 791,853 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,061,118 489,805 981,616 618,906 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 534,563 260,236 708,204 375,960 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 74,729 37,839 96,122 50,113 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 94,624 61,363 97,812 71,880 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 47,854 32,798 44,032 31,016 Strip - Hot Rolled 27,345 13,180 23,628 12,922 Strip - Cold Rolled 65,447 118,154 72,555 136,029 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."