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 December 2002 December 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 29,652,212 12,087,677 27,350,808 11,526,323 Ingots And Steel For Castings 41,264 44,619 58,417 53,331 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,981,624 1,862,336 5,783,833 1,301,753 Wire Rods 3,166,452 935,970 2,733,351 813,941 Structural Shapes Heavy 656,577 221,735 893,822 307,461 Steel Piling 144,532 78,514 144,262 78,539 Plates Cut Lengths 764,725 336,065 854,166 373,723 Plates In Coils 883,706 287,789 649,104 190,849 Rails Standard 190,911 89,973 184,657 87,217 Rails All Other 14,289 7,345 20,097 11,344 Railroad Accessories 13,065 9,001 10,631 6,459 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,465,805 649,275 1,328,468 627,918 Bars - Light Shaped 170,588 80,774 161,967 71,122 Bars - Reinforcing 1,157,753 251,317 1,595,036 349,207 Bars - Cold Finished 262,831 294,961 315,195 374,705 Tool Steel 141,100 183,654 141,585 196,482 Standard Pipe 989,239 477,219 1,041,374 469,363 Oil Country Goods 444,052 332,895 890,765 593,872 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 660,598 402,088 882,186 477,251 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 237,933 130,701 257,651 153,975 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,656 46,836 83,671 36,769 Mechanical Tubing 488,378 389,317 451,409 379,069 Pressure Tubing 94,412 138,878 72,133 88,629 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 75,589 274,422 84,236 338,049 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 20,746 31,320 24,740 37,366 Structural Pipe & Tube 351,220 180,857 407,962 189,842 Pipe For Piling 13,756 5,951 19,084 7,973 Wire Drawn 696,964 554,766 623,050 541,346 Black Plate 89,675 47,183 133,925 69,672 Tin Plate 253,792 142,770 342,986 198,874 Tin Free Steel 104,869 61,232 147,129 94,924 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,524,844 1,065,939 2,186,323 598,286 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,733,945 918,825 2,786,509 1,177,183 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,919,964 960,017 1,337,960 639,159 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 166,415 87,444 159,415 82,086 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 299,503 191,871 240,502 154,210 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 64,304 44,010 99,162 67,982 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,431 37,954 54,590 25,989 Strip - Cold Rolled 147,704 231,854 149,453 260,405 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 January 2003 (CB-03-39)