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. July 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 18,251,543 7,166,918 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,346 12,644 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,142,471 863,643 Wire Rods 1,430,737 433,421 Structural Shapes Heavy 894,727 271,038 Steel Piling 64,599 34,247 Plates Cut Lengths 570,473 257,027 Plates In Coils 705,808 202,307 Rails Standard 146,436 71,710 Rails All Other 15,819 10,173 Railroad Accessories 2,848 1,522 Bars - Hot Rolled 760,949 375,840 Bars - Light Shaped 154,448 59,123 Bars - Reinforcing 916,105 191,737 Bars - Cold Finished 155,882 173,745 Tool Steel 86,309 128,851 Standard Pipe 432,350 224,309 Oil Country Goods 55,513 51,228 Line Pipe 551,094 262,495 Mechanical Tubing 229,868 197,493 Pressure Tubing 25,230 30,156 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 40,976 143,297 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,482 13,818 Structural Pipe & Tube 255,483 122,712 Pipe For Piling 13,359 6,397 Wire Drawn 393,561 340,771 Black Plate 85,344 47,293 Tin Plate 266,644 150,966 Tin Free Steel 100,959 70,229 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,244,358 594,204 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,954,631 871,116 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,125,201 586,557 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 86,302 45,018 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 114,243 75,758 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 57,840 41,103 Strip - Hot Rolled 42,901 20,645 Strip - Cold Rolled 107,248 184,327 _____________________________________________________________________ July 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,175,902 9,305,938 Ingots And Steel For Castings 68,820 25,075 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,537,411 1,009,972 Wire Rods 1,260,511 478,544 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,445,948 551,506 Steel Piling 102,398 54,854 Plates Cut Lengths 849,043 434,486 Plates In Coils 1,395,242 519,077 Rails Standard 172,806 89,425 Rails All Other 31,477 19,396 Railroad Accessories 1,774 1,240 Bars - Hot Rolled 824,944 435,188 Bars - Light Shaped 151,319 70,590 Bars - Reinforcing 690,640 193,682 Bars - Cold Finished 190,111 239,665 Tool Steel 89,824 139,297 Standard Pipe 499,285 284,050 Oil Country Goods 222,247 172,765 Line Pipe 637,218 373,771 Mechanical Tubing 272,043 256,739 Pressure Tubing 37,269 38,333 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 37,226 151,836 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,702 9,692 Structural Pipe & Tube 260,341 140,987 Pipe For Piling 11,049 5,522 Wire Drawn 372,100 364,323 Black Plate 96,272 60,435 Tin Plate 174,891 111,505 Tin Free Steel 90,701 66,786 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,544,336 1,110,381 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,813,807 972,318 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 911,839 538,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 93,752 60,213 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 55,233 45,511 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 67,739 56,200 Strip - Hot Rolled 54,194 25,875 Strip - Cold Rolled 104,390 197,747 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."