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 February 2003 February 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,807,553 1,804,967 5,483,227 2,055,195 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,926 7,872 12,150 12,904 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 748,954 212,065 1,633,903 306,293 Wire Rods 225,906 75,539 290,498 104,702 Structural Shapes Heavy 72,338 25,255 110,026 35,785 Steel Piling 13,699 7,782 21,508 11,122 Plates Cut Lengths 92,687 42,365 174,131 71,876 Plates In Coils 125,434 44,445 131,642 38,773 Rails Standard 31,180 15,901 36,739 17,412 Rails All Other 2,141 1,116 1,857 883 Railroad Accessories 2,309 1,211 1,298 959 Bars - Hot Rolled 232,472 104,814 253,169 116,036 Bars - Light Shaped 32,645 18,054 31,869 13,938 Bars - Reinforcing 138,637 33,187 389,777 78,538 Bars - Cold Finished 44,736 44,802 47,136 56,231 Tool Steel 25,459 32,750 23,043 29,135 Standard Pipe 151,581 75,825 229,662 95,142 Oil Country Goods 75,820 57,213 84,269 64,422 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 76,949 47,091 132,133 70,706 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 52,226 29,235 30,131 17,062 Line Pipe - Not Specified 18,992 6,850 15,338 5,742 Mechanical Tubing 75,166 57,501 80,340 62,454 Pressure Tubing 8,922 11,539 14,367 23,068 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,479 45,365 11,753 43,815 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,468 4,659 3,318 5,100 Structural Pipe & Tube 63,834 32,515 66,164 29,485 Pipe For Piling 720 543 6,421 2,691 Wire Drawn 112,339 91,242 100,689 84,821 Black Plate 10,642 6,121 40,509 16,755 Tin Plate 40,223 23,214 94,665 51,511 Tin Free Steel 11,790 6,894 29,295 17,690 Sheets Hot Rolled 511,911 171,476 463,077 120,197 Sheets Cold Rolled 294,218 168,988 378,927 164,100 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 362,560 189,679 368,858 167,854 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,383 12,268 48,128 22,574 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 55,981 40,097 68,399 38,753 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,534 7,970 23,431 14,063 Strip - Hot Rolled 16,904 7,426 11,866 5,007 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,390 44,098 22,741 37,593 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 March 2003 (CB-03-72)