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 2002 September 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 21,781,340 8,719,212 20,109,081 8,678,259 Ingots And Steel For Castings 33,860 36,117 42,742 41,181 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,940,502 1,317,155 4,142,591 949,850 Wire Rods 2,403,303 703,813 1,904,336 580,874 Structural Shapes Heavy 520,286 172,391 662,830 232,786 Steel Piling 110,542 59,445 110,435 60,209 Plates Cut Lengths 573,773 252,805 602,341 269,883 Plates In Coils 634,681 201,120 492,803 143,567 Rails Standard 149,017 71,332 136,831 65,560 Rails All Other 10,667 5,516 14,006 8,303 Railroad Accessories 10,434 7,169 9,538 5,667 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,088,089 477,596 968,949 469,161 Bars - Light Shaped 128,391 58,856 121,219 52,402 Bars - Reinforcing 1,033,402 221,701 1,249,477 277,115 Bars - Cold Finished 195,958 221,898 243,439 294,661 Tool Steel 98,230 129,669 107,526 151,698 Standard Pipe 749,164 360,644 804,816 365,938 Oil Country Goods 324,788 242,228 742,990 485,195 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 504,794 306,080 696,796 375,572 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 179,997 100,858 208,875 127,580 Line Pipe - Not Specified 99,271 36,199 73,992 32,840 Mechanical Tubing 367,432 295,446 345,575 291,238 Pressure Tubing 73,864 111,860 50,636 59,633 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 56,379 205,299 63,406 258,789 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 16,014 23,069 18,162 27,552 Structural Pipe & Tube 269,305 136,902 324,709 151,754 Pipe For Piling 12,227 5,168 7,695 3,230 Wire Drawn 520,512 413,197 475,928 415,809 Black Plate 72,234 36,989 100,924 54,794 Tin Plate 199,392 111,632 245,976 144,176 Tin Free Steel 82,870 49,122 111,953 72,876 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,290,959 663,358 1,586,943 439,953 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,189,986 625,889 1,961,819 862,041 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,278,524 628,817 952,043 459,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 121,765 62,821 119,280 61,371 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 220,064 138,649 171,873 110,432 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 49,066 32,991 77,780 53,619 Strip - Hot Rolled 65,007 26,950 44,616 21,301 Strip - Cold Rolled 106,587 168,462 113,230 200,525 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary October 2002 (CB-02-150)