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. April 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,421,975 3,908,507 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,688 5,333 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,747,335 385,534 Wire Rods 722,533 220,385 Structural Shapes Heavy 568,298 170,883 Steel Piling 43,525 22,909 Plates Cut Lengths 376,134 169,887 Plates In Coils 377,645 109,542 Rails Standard 108,433 53,570 Rails All Other 9,653 6,120 Railroad Accessories 1,024 757 Bars - Hot Rolled 413,262 208,300 Bars - Light Shaped 81,549 31,787 Bars - Reinforcing 409,008 88,587 Bars - Cold Finished 80,822 95,890 Tool Steel 49,926 70,787 Standard Pipe 235,526 124,253 Oil Country Goods 29,407 25,518 Line Pipe 326,359 163,629 Mechanical Tubing 127,019 110,843 Pressure Tubing 13,164 15,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 23,131 83,852 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,720 5,810 Structural Pipe & Tube 151,748 72,883 Pipe For Piling 7,659 4,079 Wire Drawn 221,579 191,586 Black Plate 43,186 23,774 Tin Plate 147,486 84,494 Tin Free Steel 56,254 40,953 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,176,280 314,967 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,024,940 476,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 624,754 331,197 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 38,734 20,667 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 62,686 40,577 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 30,166 21,420 Strip - Hot Rolled 23,629 11,574 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,713 104,102 _______________________________________________________________________ April 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,895,716 4,825,280 Ingots And Steel For Castings 61,564 13,397 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,589,358 470,414 Wire Rods 740,522 284,291 Structural Shapes Heavy 674,343 269,303 Steel Piling 53,059 27,579 Plates Cut Lengths 293,624 164,195 Plates In Coils 661,132 270,826 Rails Standard 100,997 53,097 Rails All Other 20,740 12,786 Railroad Accessories 852 701 Bars - Hot Rolled 438,654 231,873 Bars - Light Shaped 79,753 39,670 Bars - Reinforcing 307,826 91,028 Bars - Cold Finished 108,324 138,262 Tool Steel 48,345 76,507 Standard Pipe 268,501 155,517 Oil Country Goods 137,982 101,616 Line Pipe 330,608 190,976 Mechanical Tubing 153,490 145,697 Pressure Tubing 18,720 19,171 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,730 83,659 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,740 4,896 Structural Pipe & Tube 148,453 80,859 Pipe For Piling 4,775 2,312 Wire Drawn 203,853 203,269 Black Plate 43,587 29,582 Tin Plate 100,092 63,786 Tin Free Steel 51,308 37,866 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,662,261 538,278 Sheets Cold Rolled 843,733 496,779 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 523,858 311,687 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 48,785 31,982 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 31,681 25,524 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 34,311 29,122 Strip - Hot Rolled 27,131 14,220 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,025 114,550 SOURCE: Report FT900A(99-05) (CB-99-120), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, May 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle, (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.