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 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 37,666,051 16,294,795 Ingots And Steel For Castings 143,464 40,939 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,003,484 1,617,886 Wire Rods 2,146,579 779,416 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,518,343 898,854 Steel Piling 197,956 107,444 Plates Cut Lengths 1,927,471 932,700 Plates In Coils 2,768,107 884,929 Rails Standard 249,300 129,112 Rails All Other 52,315 32,656 Railroad Accessories 4,352 3,243 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,412,851 739,793 Bars - Light Shaped 281,591 123,426 Bars - Reinforcing 1,115,118 297,969 Bars - Cold Finished 315,647 394,960 Tool Steel 145,595 220,348 Standard Pipe 829,332 463,558 Oil Country Goods 311,307 247,942 Line Pipe 1,141,966 667,893 Mechanical Tubing 442,652 419,143 Pressure Tubing 61,038 64,862 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,983 256,496 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,251 18,083 Structural Pipe & Tube 454,025 239,051 Pipe For Piling 20,664 9,465 Wire Drawn 632,663 602,900 Black Plate 159,391 96,387 Tin Plate 290,846 185,527 Tin Free Steel 146,068 105,427 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,753,569 2,247,166 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,711,702 1,836,210 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,680,103 971,288 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 163,672 99,271 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 122,910 94,595 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 113,156 92,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 86,565 43,010 Strip - Cold Rolled 184,017 330,481 _______________________________________________________________ December 1997 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 28,264,787 13,478,355 Ingots And Steel For Castings 34,838 18,597 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,733,337 1,603,750 Wire Rods 2,029,048 799,777 Structural Shapes Heavy 933,171 380,175 Steel Piling 101,783 54,552 Plates Cut Lengths 1,259,121 565,303 Plates In Coils 1,406,741 591,628 Rails Standard 162,033 84,947 Rails All Other 44,646 23,342 Railroad Accessories 9,403 3,328 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,167,370 632,090 Bars - Light Shaped 181,722 91,760 Bars - Reinforcing 636,218 169,544 Bars - Cold Finished 278,858 360,761 Tool Steel 119,170 196,442 Standard Pipe 675,300 377,608 Oil Country Goods 373,602 284,358 Line Pipe 832,014 481,332 Mechanical Tubing 355,442 327,951 Pressure Tubing 35,267 43,019 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 48,978 224,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,391 16,816 Structural Pipe & Tube 403,161 226,328 Pipe For Piling 12,831 8,454 Wire Drawn 593,889 581,602 Black Plate 180,914 109,859 Tin Plate 260,439 165,497 Tin Free Steel 137,022 92,268 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,627,726 1,529,021 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,348,044 1,842,768 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,657,634 984,663 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 179,663 106,919 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 102,603 87,460 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 101,045 85,729 Strip - Hot Rolled 58,501 33,660 Strip - Cold Rolled 170,862 292,820 SOURCE: Report FT900A (CB-99-43), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 1999 preliminary. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.