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. September 2001 September 2000 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,109,081 8,678,259 27,643,677 11,809,459 Ingots And Steel For Castings 42,742 41,181 67,444 58,175 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,142,591 949,850 6,359,625 1,709,010 Wire Rods 1,904,336 580,874 2,014,249 664,702 Structural Shapes Heavy 662,830 232,786 1,389,973 524,553 Steel Piling 110,435 60,209 129,842 67,345 Plates Cut Lengths 602,341 269,883 687,128 328,508 Plates In Coils 492,803 143,567 1,222,816 397,831 Rails Standard 136,831 65,560 171,240 84,456 Rails All Other 14,006 8,303 22,357 12,453 Railroad Accessories 9,538 5,667 2,651 1,656 Bars - Hot Rolled 968,949 469,161 1,230,922 581,453 Bars - Light Shaped 121,219 52,402 260,327 104,268 Bars - Reinforcing 1,249,477 277,115 1,362,002 284,038 Bars - Cold Finished 243,439 294,661 288,986 331,314 Tool Steel 107,526 151,698 121,838 166,702 Standard Pipe 804,816 365,938 864,816 432,370 Oil Country Goods 742,990 485,195 464,734 310,492 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 696,796 375,572 426,980 220,216 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 208,875 127,580 172,398 90,259 Line Pipe - Not Specified 73,992 32,840 80,216 31,734 Mechanical Tubing 345,575 291,238 395,026 338,457 Pressure Tubing 50,636 59,633 37,726 44,140 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,406 258,789 67,018 238,506 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 18,162 27,552 18,594 23,890 Structural Pipe & Tube 324,709 151,754 368,869 189,446 Pipe For Piling 7,695 3,230 29,808 18,550 Wire Drawn 475,928 415,809 512,765 452,973 Black Plate 100,924 54,794 94,195 55,246 Tin Plate 245,976 144,176 259,669 148,102 Tin Free Steel 111,953 72,876 125,662 76,655 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,586,943 439,953 4,490,303 1,371,319 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,961,819 862,041 2,034,899 1,232,810 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 952,043 459,126 1,262,557 678,065 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 119,280 61,371 177,687 94,488 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 171,873 110,432 177,726 128,653 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 77,780 53,619 82,173 59,274 Strip - Hot Rolled 44,616 21,301 42,929 23,796 Strip - Cold Rolled 113,230 200,525 125,528 233,557 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."