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 2002 July 2001 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 16,326,295 6,499,533 15,371,505 6,753,101 Ingots And Steel For Castings 28,378 29,905 31,567 31,719 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,611,893 982,090 3,035,992 714,387 Wire Rods 1,608,423 482,451 1,389,898 434,531 Structural Shapes Heavy 397,082 132,052 507,786 179,940 Steel Piling 84,245 45,077 93,525 50,524 Plates Cut Lengths 418,880 188,957 433,092 201,733 Plates In Coils 480,551 147,736 398,845 114,299 Rails Standard 131,151 59,655 124,851 59,689 Rails All Other 8,928 4,543 10,192 6,142 Railroad Accessories 7,808 5,738 7,737 4,590 Bars - Hot Rolled 839,954 372,392 738,682 365,172 Bars - Light Shaped 100,176 44,431 91,112 40,797 Bars - Reinforcing 844,540 177,221 946,328 207,175 Bars - Cold Finished 153,211 175,097 194,099 243,432 Tool Steel 74,292 100,466 87,997 125,719 Standard Pipe 595,363 280,690 621,723 287,906 Oil Country Goods 262,147 192,148 600,269 386,355 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 388,085 231,549 493,779 259,183 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 128,887 72,494 170,436 104,605 Line Pipe - Not Specified 47,975 16,633 47,492 18,742 Mechanical Tubing 287,802 229,690 275,704 234,907 Pressure Tubing 59,399 91,952 36,591 42,265 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 44,551 162,720 48,253 193,936 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,370 17,614 13,139 19,860 Structural Pipe & Tube 213,691 106,170 255,385 120,731 Pipe For Piling 11,445 4,825 5,826 2,406 Wire Drawn 399,927 319,329 373,431 330,248 Black Plate 62,592 31,274 77,532 44,058 Tin Plate 166,287 92,490 195,722 115,933 Tin Free Steel 65,793 39,168 88,126 58,149 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,562,726 434,518 1,307,209 361,930 Sheets Cold Rolled 879,927 456,847 1,502,964 672,811 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 934,416 452,085 739,806 357,452 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 88,855 45,665 101,322 51,057 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 151,814 96,076 136,537 87,842 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 39,786 26,126 62,872 43,539 Strip - Hot Rolled 51,138 20,165 36,773 17,598 Strip - Cold Rolled 81,809 131,495 88,911 161,738 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), 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."