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 2002                May 2001
                                    Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                    Date - Final            Date - Final
   Commodity
   Grouping                       Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
 
Total Selected Commodities       10,986,866   4,469,964  10,769,901   4,803,766
 
Ingots And Steel For Castings        22,311      23,317      21,132      21,981
Blooms, Billets And Slabs         2,975,314     636,285   2,081,547     494,797
Wire Rods                           984,265     308,313     873,967     284,358
Structural Shapes Heavy             295,304      97,248     368,602     131,860
Steel Piling                         55,649      29,345      67,877      36,840
Plates Cut Lengths                  336,260     149,584     295,364     143,428
Plates In Coils                     306,526      93,352     282,910      82,173
Rails Standard                       94,431      42,838      87,974      42,804
Rails All Other                       5,553       3,040       7,609       4,199
Railroad Accessories                  4,290       2,891       6,334       3,688
Bars - Hot Rolled                   578,034     260,120     524,928     264,906
Bars - Light Shaped                  74,996      31,765      62,556      28,547
Bars - Reinforcing                  569,427     116,057     621,282     137,363
Bars - Cold Finished                111,870     129,299     138,688     176,884
Tool Steel                           51,969      69,476      68,192      96,008
Standard Pipe                       422,577     197,200     457,538     212,381
Oil Country Goods                   190,405     142,734     433,260     266,278
Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter     309,918     183,902     287,290     151,264
Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter     86,822      47,708     128,860      79,291
Line Pipe - Not Specified            34,597      11,798      37,638      14,957
Mechanical Tubing                   189,536     156,856     200,029     174,771
Pressure Tubing                      41,555      66,054      24,638      26,742
Stainless Pipe & Tubing              31,392     115,456      32,104     128,502
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified           8,495      12,202       8,490      12,835
Structural Pipe & Tube              150,358      72,153     190,508      90,370
Pipe For Piling                       9,829       4,200       3,453       1,517
Wire Drawn                          275,059     221,962     263,268     236,180
Black Plate                          50,156      23,990      60,817      35,292
Tin Plate                           138,318      76,698     135,380      80,866
Tin Free Steel                       51,641      30,878      67,254      45,375
Sheets Hot Rolled                   914,340     246,176   1,024,732     283,937
Sheets Cold Rolled                  657,770     323,006   1,061,118     489,805
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped      648,150     310,627     534,563     260,236
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt       69,130      35,248      74,729      37,839
Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat     111,129      68,307      94,624      61,363
Sheets & Strip - Electrical          33,453      21,471      47,854      32,798
Strip - Hot Rolled                   37,396      14,678      27,345      13,180
Strip - Cold Rolled                  58,637      93,728      65,447     118,154
 
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."