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. February 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,519,245 1,915,251 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,811 2,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 728,042 158,622 Wire Rods 326,471 105,409 Structural Shapes Heavy 363,495 106,489 Steel Piling 21,132 12,035 Plates Cut Lengths 207,951 93,086 Plates In Coils 185,012 56,893 Rails Standard 55,033 26,502 Rails All Other 3,970 2,684 Railroad Accessories 425 384 Bars - Hot Rolled 192,025 99,189 Bars - Light Shaped 37,530 13,970 Bars - Reinforcing 165,580 39,500 Bars - Cold Finished 39,194 46,128 Tool Steel 22,207 33,009 Standard Pipe 119,391 62,743 Oil Country Goods 19,295 16,038 Line Pipe 184,707 93,707 Mechanical Tubing 60,881 55,199 Pressure Tubing 6,903 8,808 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,963 44,300 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,171 2,683 Structural Pipe & Tube 78,984 37,432 Pipe For Piling 3,828 1,955 Wire Drawn 101,755 89,569 Black Plate 16,326 9,327 Tin Plate 70,660 40,785 Tin Free Steel 30,311 23,318 Sheets Hot Rolled 554,728 149,500 Sheets Cold Rolled 513,346 232,399 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 284,220 153,013 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,082 10,153 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 32,321 20,799 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 16,237 11,811 Strip - Hot Rolled 12,678 6,009 Strip - Cold Rolled 29,579 49,611 ___________________________________________ February 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,504,841 2,266,353 Ingots And Steel For Castings 41,762 8,507 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 721,836 221,581 Wire Rods 389,906 152,922 Structural Shapes Heavy 241,002 109,712 Steel Piling 29,877 15,816 Plates Cut Lengths 148,670 75,117 Plates In Coils 256,146 109,539 Rails Standard 48,668 26,705 Rails All Other 8,421 5,430 Railroad Accessories 415 153 Bars - Hot Rolled 190,764 102,078 Bars - Light Shaped 37,674 19,291 Bars - Reinforcing 110,666 34,211 Bars - Cold Finished 54,456 67,851 Tool Steel 23,661 37,170 Standard Pipe 114,289 66,724 Oil Country Goods 72,802 51,765 Line Pipe 163,361 91,775 Mechanical Tubing 75,475 70,548 Pressure Tubing 7,558 7,433 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,316 39,091 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,697 2,208 Structural Pipe & Tube 73,251 39,383 Pipe For Piling 1,916 939 Wire Drawn 89,574 91,961 Black Plate 21,984 14,854 Tin Plate 54,943 34,566 Tin Free Steel 30,630 22,394 Sheets Hot Rolled 723,854 242,359 Sheets Cold Rolled 404,572 246,522 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 258,076 153,361 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,392 16,192 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,607 12,783 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 13,740 12,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 12,951 7,340 Strip - Cold Rolled 29,928 55,589 SOURCE: Report FT900A (CB-99-74), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, March 1999 preliminary. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.