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 due to rounding. May 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,475,452 5,020,442 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,092 7,151 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,697,650 564,501 Wire Rods 956,321 291,127 Structural Shapes Heavy 709,972 211,691 Steel Piling 53,322 28,057 Plates Cut Lengths 444,231 201,713 Plates In Coils 506,869 146,547 Rails Standard 125,400 62,382 Rails All Other 11,762 7,477 Railroad Accessories 2,287 1,149 Bars - Hot Rolled 528,032 261,474 Bars - Light Shaped 103,496 40,263 Bars - Reinforcing 522,793 113,405 Bars - Cold Finished 99,977 118,994 Tool Steel 63,822 91,189 Standard Pipe 304,036 159,341 Oil Country Goods 36,329 32,049 Line Pipe 398,404 197,694 Mechanical Tubing 162,350 141,626 Pressure Tubing 16,337 20,866 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 28,921 103,653 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,472 7,654 Structural Pipe & Tube 185,837 89,348 Pipe For Piling 9,287 4,953 Wire Drawn 280,745 242,768 Black Plate 55,906 31,751 Tin Plate 185,810 106,098 Tin Free Steel 70,191 50,963 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,500,895 401,457 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,338,391 613,338 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 788,596 417,756 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 51,895 27,669 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 76,320 49,718 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 41,480 28,823 Strip - Hot Rolled 30,231 14,988 Strip - Cold Rolled 75,994 130,808 ________________________________________________________________________ May 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 13,225,092 6,283,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 63,440 15,159 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,237,834 643,068 Wire Rods 962,716 363,422 Structural Shapes Heavy 907,418 355,678 Steel Piling 67,131 35,533 Plates Cut Lengths 436,758 237,400 Plates In Coils 869,783 348,425 Rails Standard 136,201 70,845 Rails All Other 25,079 15,417 Railroad Accessories 1,341 1,011 Bars - Hot Rolled 565,174 299,044 Bars - Light Shaped 108,957 52,112 Bars - Reinforcing 480,147 139,196 Bars - Cold Finished 132,574 168,232 Tool Steel 59,357 94,884 Standard Pipe 348,209 201,457 Oil Country Goods 166,209 130,172 Line Pipe 423,583 247,521 Mechanical Tubing 192,142 182,912 Pressure Tubing 22,747 23,739 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 25,650 106,620 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,651 6,351 Structural Pipe & Tube 188,099 102,175 Pipe For Piling 6,891 3,332 Wire Drawn 257,236 256,588 Black Plate 62,025 40,446 Tin Plate 126,689 80,778 Tin Free Steel 67,281 49,703 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,249,477 721,826 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,142,025 645,805 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 630,704 374,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 66,939 43,676 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 38,506 31,237 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 44,333 38,009 Strip - Hot Rolled 34,356 17,589 Strip - Cold Rolled 73,430 139,106 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."