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 November 2002 November 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,044,728 10,989,840 25,323,460 10,680,751 Ingots And Steel For Castings 39,215 42,160 55,206 50,547 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,438,916 1,717,425 5,466,195 1,229,430 Wire Rods 2,751,577 818,959 2,500,921 746,376 Structural Shapes Heavy 601,892 203,229 800,887 277,598 Steel Piling 138,152 74,894 132,765 72,419 Plates Cut Lengths 701,741 308,083 779,817 343,908 Plates In Coils 814,423 263,603 606,749 178,524 Rails Standard 171,542 81,479 162,070 77,491 Rails All Other 13,516 6,942 18,603 10,609 Railroad Accessories 12,058 8,107 10,386 6,294 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,356,672 594,277 1,216,305 578,372 Bars - Light Shaped 161,050 74,841 150,834 63,429 Bars - Reinforcing 1,130,125 244,735 1,550,283 340,013 Bars - Cold Finished 241,361 271,080 297,621 353,679 Tool Steel 126,277 164,577 130,964 181,752 Standard Pipe 920,650 444,535 961,097 434,840 Oil Country Goods 423,061 315,937 853,577 568,609 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 606,548 366,671 824,750 443,003 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 221,422 121,491 240,261 144,600 Line Pipe - Not Specified 123,231 44,624 79,936 35,402 Mechanical Tubing 457,204 362,969 420,495 353,889 Pressure Tubing 88,455 130,087 64,864 78,321 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 69,469 252,542 76,847 310,255 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 19,509 29,266 23,247 35,029 Structural Pipe & Tube 322,026 166,306 383,351 178,300 Pipe For Piling 13,382 5,745 14,039 5,269 Wire Drawn 640,216 508,763 580,084 503,386 Black Plate 86,665 45,164 121,845 64,610 Tin Plate 235,026 132,073 314,560 183,285 Tin Free Steel 99,559 58,442 137,006 88,674 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,022,052 904,451 2,020,173 553,865 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,555,935 823,183 2,466,233 1,062,282 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,744,401 867,595 1,225,149 586,982 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 150,132 78,627 144,462 74,567 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 272,805 174,643 212,302 137,318 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 56,146 37,380 89,255 60,939 Strip - Hot Rolled 84,339 35,535 51,734 24,480 Strip - Cold Rolled 133,978 209,420 138,588 242,407 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 December 2002 (CB-02-165)