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 2002              April 2001
                                     Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                     Date - Final            Date - Final
     Commodity
     Grouping                     Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
 
Total Selected Commodities        9,266,427   3,691,287   8,635,010   3,819,469
 
Ingots And Steel For Castings        18,814      19,931      17,145      18,014
Blooms, Billets And Slabs         2,552,451     525,368   1,768,505     413,703
Wire Rods                           848,650     262,266     704,413     229,012
Structural Shapes Heavy             222,981      73,117     287,472     103,976
Steel Piling                         42,695      22,559      46,275      24,639
Plates Cut Lengths                  306,305     132,872     228,265     109,122
Plates In Coils                     242,245      72,737     235,933      67,789
Rails Standard                       74,979      34,243      82,642      40,593
Rails All Other                       3,788       2,088       6,022       3,500
Railroad Accessories                  3,032       2,121       5,770       3,188
Bars - Hot Rolled                   475,038     215,122     415,639     208,371
Bars - Light Shaped                  59,722      25,209      50,839      23,157
Bars - Reinforcing                  490,992      99,679     474,908     105,437
Bars - Cold Finished                 92,758     105,816     110,388     139,934
Tool Steel                           40,970      55,875      54,207      76,500
Standard Pipe                       354,905     162,774     356,518     166,472
Oil Country Goods                   147,401     111,824     352,402     208,656
Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter     269,970     157,030     178,581      92,118
Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter     71,481      39,323     107,113      66,996
Line Pipe - Not Specified            19,740       7,256      27,638      10,742
Mechanical Tubing                   148,309     122,304     152,170     135,342
Pressure Tubing                      34,778      55,214      20,077      21,547
Stainless Pipe & Tubing              24,524      92,749      25,769     102,902
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified           6,759       9,709       6,478       9,671
Structural Pipe & Tube              122,560      57,439     155,516      73,633
Pipe For Piling                       8,237       3,574       3,171       1,365
Wire Drawn                          214,573     175,290     207,770     188,271
Black Plate                          47,056      21,361      49,233      28,049
Tin Plate                           123,902      68,546     105,407      62,572
Tin Free Steel                       45,305      27,290      49,992      34,241
Sheets Hot Rolled                   754,100     200,896     841,163     232,735
Sheets Cold Rolled                  582,821     273,780     844,509     398,670
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped      552,860     261,630     412,618     203,005
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt       61,529      31,061      62,786      31,922
Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat      94,480      56,825      73,320      48,458
Sheets & Strip - Electrical          29,636      18,634      39,680      27,396
Strip - Hot Rolled                   29,578      11,929      22,009      10,589
Strip - Cold Rolled                  46,502      75,847      52,667      97,182
 
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."