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 October 2002 October 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,524,921 9,873,926 22,755,529 9,694,579 Ingots And Steel For Castings 36,281 39,396 50,175 46,292 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,789,241 1,538,639 4,812,538 1,095,502 Wire Rods 2,619,301 772,814 2,233,787 672,179 Structural Shapes Heavy 563,086 187,762 728,705 254,108 Steel Piling 119,322 64,432 116,557 63,641 Plates Cut Lengths 636,131 279,612 679,343 302,480 Plates In Coils 720,123 230,490 562,833 164,415 Rails Standard 154,504 73,510 149,076 71,345 Rails All Other 11,950 6,194 14,832 8,767 Railroad Accessories 11,627 7,800 9,900 5,863 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,238,129 543,107 1,092,001 522,102 Bars - Light Shaped 145,662 66,830 133,499 57,492 Bars - Reinforcing 1,074,921 231,528 1,389,391 306,122 Bars - Cold Finished 220,044 246,929 271,499 324,096 Tool Steel 112,372 147,786 120,747 168,483 Standard Pipe 844,226 407,091 882,744 400,989 Oil Country Goods 380,119 278,888 792,456 524,981 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 556,294 336,246 763,170 409,870 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 202,163 111,714 223,892 135,963 Line Pipe - Not Specified 111,922 40,742 74,884 33,215 Mechanical Tubing 413,904 330,742 382,297 323,067 Pressure Tubing 81,122 120,299 57,274 67,432 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 62,329 228,608 69,903 284,314 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,856 26,515 20,951 31,607 Structural Pipe & Tube 296,480 152,284 355,390 166,118 Pipe For Piling 12,825 5,463 8,374 3,530 Wire Drawn 580,138 460,520 530,686 462,214 Black Plate 77,618 39,997 111,661 59,961 Tin Plate 217,993 122,286 282,619 164,756 Tin Free Steel 89,077 52,520 124,969 80,995 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,661,943 784,811 1,814,532 498,230 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,344,702 715,787 2,215,397 962,667 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,490,884 738,467 1,099,840 527,129 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 136,462 70,970 129,386 67,528 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 246,172 156,490 192,948 124,418 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 52,785 35,075 81,508 56,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 74,507 31,186 48,919 23,261 Strip - Cold Rolled 120,707 190,396 126,849 223,260 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 November 2002 (CB-02-165)