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. August 2001 August 2000 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,958,327 7,796,483 24,934,575 10,635,354 Ingots And Steel For Castings 39,336 38,249 61,469 49,493 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,740,989 867,515 5,741,156 1,549,695 Wire Rods 1,625,141 503,706 1,745,753 581,327 Structural Shapes Heavy 595,595 210,710 1,244,045 470,156 Steel Piling 101,668 55,378 118,927 61,220 Plates Cut Lengths 509,524 235,044 593,391 291,660 Plates In Coils 444,286 128,840 1,099,717 356,277 Rails Standard 136,464 65,286 162,384 80,135 Rails All Other 11,091 6,690 20,048 11,274 Railroad Accessories 8,713 5,176 2,378 1,559 Bars - Hot Rolled 858,091 419,617 1,112,810 525,103 Bars - Light Shaped 106,673 47,140 231,790 94,165 Bars - Reinforcing 1,114,693 243,858 1,249,794 256,631 Bars - Cold Finished 217,250 270,131 265,506 301,912 Tool Steel 98,884 139,279 106,622 147,694 Standard Pipe 725,530 332,259 790,711 392,159 Oil Country Goods 671,379 434,636 407,565 267,673 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 605,664 324,021 401,493 208,429 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 194,380 118,479 158,110 82,406 Line Pipe - Not Specified 60,938 27,168 73,939 28,610 Mechanical Tubing 315,956 267,242 350,142 298,202 Pressure Tubing 45,169 53,005 35,516 41,810 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 56,496 229,434 59,897 213,008 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 15,832 24,155 17,206 21,980 Structural Pipe & Tube 296,107 138,751 332,063 169,781 Pipe For Piling 6,477 2,655 28,687 17,916 Wire Drawn 428,355 375,454 463,682 408,973 Black Plate 87,841 48,998 80,745 47,552 Tin Plate 226,327 132,869 233,467 133,192 Tin Free Steel 103,885 67,815 110,029 67,196 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,443,146 400,827 4,167,653 1,269,479 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,751,230 772,130 1,803,411 1,102,244 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 840,811 406,329 1,127,309 604,264 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 108,417 55,756 156,203 82,910 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 153,339 98,382 154,429 112,912 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,683 48,819 75,317 54,242 Strip - Hot Rolled 40,832 19,423 37,470 20,719 Strip - Cold Rolled 101,135 181,256 113,738 211,394 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."