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. July 2001 July 2000 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,371,505 6,753,101 21,618,675 9,232,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 31,567 31,719 57,748 47,094 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,035,992 714,387 4,990,332 1,346,078 Wire Rods 1,389,898 434,531 1,445,825 486,273 Structural Shapes Heavy 507,786 179,940 1,069,820 404,936 Steel Piling 93,525 50,524 95,763 49,219 Plates Cut Lengths 433,092 201,733 466,146 241,085 Plates In Coils 398,845 114,299 936,616 303,999 Rails Standard 124,851 59,689 140,043 69,176 Rails All Other 10,192 6,142 18,981 10,564 Railroad Accessories 7,737 4,590 2,039 1,245 Bars - Hot Rolled 738,682 365,172 960,624 449,778 Bars - Light Shaped 91,112 40,797 204,099 84,173 Bars - Reinforcing 946,328 207,175 1,078,639 221,224 Bars - Cold Finished 194,099 243,432 231,572 260,116 Tool Steel 87,997 125,719 92,299 128,308 Standard Pipe 621,723 287,906 670,635 330,178 Oil Country Goods 600,269 386,355 358,149 231,910 Line Pipe>16Inches In Diameter 493,779 259,183 380,314 198,092 Line Pipe<=16Inches In Diameter 170,436 104,605 138,269 71,313 Line Pipe - Not Specified 47,492 18,742 61,868 23,102 Mechanical Tubing 275,704 234,907 309,473 262,080 Pressure Tubing 36,591 42,265 28,271 34,055 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 48,253 193,936 53,165 188,206 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,139 19,860 15,121 19,170 Structural Pipe & Tube 255,385 120,731 289,646 147,905 Pipe For Piling 5,826 2,406 26,731 16,882 Wire Drawn 373,431 330,248 407,144 357,996 Black Plate 77,532 44,058 74,387 43,228 Tin Plate 195,722 115,933 209,977 119,339 Tin Free Steel 88,126 58,149 102,382 62,498 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,307,209 361,930 3,694,377 1,122,074 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,502,964 672,811 1,542,324 946,717 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 739,806 357,452 995,711 531,458 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 101,322 51,057 132,866 70,093 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 136,537 87,842 137,188 99,748 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 62,872 43,539 66,808 46,792 Strip - Hot Rolled 36,773 17,598 32,801 18,026 Strip - Cold Rolled 88,911 161,738 100,525 187,981 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."