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. June 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,254,694 6,082,945 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,145 11,165 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,423,808 716,391 Wire Rods 1,138,617 348,865 Structural Shapes Heavy 807,922 243,593 Steel Piling 57,988 30,709 Plates Cut Lengths 517,273 232,924 Plates In Coils 586,243 168,435 Rails Standard 127,633 63,547 Rails All Other 14,002 8,810 Railroad Accessories 2,414 1,248 Bars - Hot Rolled 647,120 320,513 Bars - Light Shaped 126,838 49,374 Bars - Reinforcing 707,518 148,576 Bars - Cold Finished 132,520 148,563 Tool Steel 77,364 112,174 Standard Pipe 376,632 195,487 Oil Country Goods 47,255 44,255 Line Pipe 479,975 232,886 Mechanical Tubing 196,809 169,813 Pressure Tubing 21,584 26,703 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 35,556 125,382 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,765 11,473 Structural Pipe & Tube 225,665 107,511 Pipe For Piling 12,522 6,027 Wire Drawn 341,281 295,133 Black Plate 72,849 40,555 Tin Plate 225,670 128,782 Tin Free Steel 81,599 59,152 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,830,638 488,550 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,620,283 732,379 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 963,977 505,402 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 63,414 33,668 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 94,935 62,778 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,816 34,934 Strip - Hot Rolled 37,873 18,079 Strip - Cold Rolled 92,191 159,111 ____________________________________________________________________ June 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 16,546,046 7,748,430 Ingots And Steel For Castings 67,833 23,911 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,866,460 819,984 Wire Rods 1,110,923 419,327 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,129,079 436,420 Steel Piling 90,715 48,350 Plates Cut Lengths 671,519 348,966 Plates In Coils 1,087,843 416,814 Rails Standard 151,243 78,691 Rails All Other 29,656 18,377 Railroad Accessories 1,510 1,150 Bars - Hot Rolled 704,164 370,887 Bars - Light Shaped 133,100 62,264 Bars - Reinforcing 589,636 169,473 Bars - Cold Finished 160,216 202,432 Tool Steel 78,287 119,978 Standard Pipe 433,132 248,018 Oil Country Goods 188,908 145,555 Line Pipe 525,859 309,579 Mechanical Tubing 229,855 216,599 Pressure Tubing 28,969 30,545 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 31,031 129,257 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,299 8,162 Structural Pipe & Tube 228,201 123,574 Pipe For Piling 9,111 4,591 Wire Drawn 317,905 311,666 Black Plate 77,723 49,459 Tin Plate 148,931 94,832 Tin Free Steel 73,854 55,089 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,816,844 895,554 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,475,557 808,840 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 768,207 454,472 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 80,663 52,115 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 46,957 38,117 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 55,709 46,604 Strip - Hot Rolled 40,446 20,640 Strip - Cold Rolled 89,703 168,139 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division.