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 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 29,599,864 11,491,405 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,084 24,297 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,029,002 1,504,150 Wire Rods 2,305,532 704,390 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,173,840 368,020 Steel Piling 107,533 56,762 Plates Cut Lengths 765,811 349,773 Plates In Coils 1,290,151 368,520 Rails Standard 218,473 107,971 Rails All Other 26,325 15,945 Railroad Accessories 3,826 2,128 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,247,018 607,604 Bars - Light Shaped 241,156 96,256 Bars - Reinforcing 1,578,986 322,543 Bars - Cold Finished 253,597 281,940 Tool Steel 135,409 195,438 Standard Pipe 711,824 365,467 Oil Country Goods 129,156 100,367 Line Pipe 757,875 350,287 Mechanical Tubing 367,247 310,482 Pressure Tubing 42,462 47,423 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 67,810 233,701 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 22,303 27,141 Structural Pipe & Tube 397,329 193,050 Pipe For Piling 15,719 7,483 Wire Drawn 614,799 531,149 Black Plate 134,469 75,129 Tin Plate 423,434 239,906 Tin Free Steel 165,861 109,177 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,010,411 1,065,443 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,899,866 1,329,021 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,777,041 917,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 151,598 79,578 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 190,449 125,413 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 90,394 64,043 Strip - Hot Rolled 67,107 32,000 Strip - Cold Rolled 166,967 281,806 _______________________________________________________________ November 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 35,070,419 15,186,988 Ingots And Steel For Castings 139,945 38,401 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,627,640 1,527,604 Wire Rods 1,959,319 717,835 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,354,718 849,930 Steel Piling 181,618 97,910 Plates Cut Lengths 1,772,328 848,873 Plates In Coils 2,637,484 849,198 Rails Standard 225,971 117,006 Rails All Other 48,615 29,962 Railroad Accessories 3,767 3,106 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,307,359 685,334 Bars - Light Shaped 256,563 114,514 Bars - Reinforcing 1,032,419 278,507 Bars - Cold Finished 292,760 366,600 Tool Steel 135,516 205,766 Standard Pipe 770,524 432,184 Oil Country Goods 302,016 239,615 Line Pipe 1,061,529 622,638 Mechanical Tubing 413,544 391,354 Pressure Tubing 56,722 59,733 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 58,303 234,173 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,644 16,496 Structural Pipe & Tube 421,272 223,227 Pipe For Piling 19,417 8,917 Wire Drawn 583,941 559,195 Black Plate 147,302 90,125 Tin Plate 269,625 172,287 Tin Free Steel 135,192 98,788 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,372,013 2,142,272 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,332,336 1,671,532 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,529,127 887,817 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 144,734 90,035 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 109,563 84,931 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 107,862 87,035 Strip - Hot Rolled 80,780 39,914 Strip - Cold Rolled 165,953 304,171 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census.