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. October 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 26,903,222 10,383,021 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,406 20,640 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,473,524 1,370,329 Wire Rods 2,135,527 645,240 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,114,866 345,644 Steel Piling 95,604 50,520 Plates Cut Lengths 701,228 321,308 Plates In Coils 1,150,209 328,269 Rails Standard 199,480 98,978 Rails All Other 22,938 14,066 Railroad Accessories 3,676 2,006 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,122,710 550,119 Bars - Light Shaped 216,213 84,589 Bars - Reinforcing 1,450,823 297,005 Bars - Cold Finished 222,610 250,160 Tool Steel 122,907 178,741 Standard Pipe 635,527 326,951 Oil Country Goods 103,303 82,691 Line Pipe 692,095 322,376 Mechanical Tubing 333,098 281,985 Pressure Tubing 38,097 42,866 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 60,543 208,773 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 20,206 23,880 Structural Pipe & Tube 362,031 175,055 Pipe For Piling 15,340 7,311 Wire Drawn 557,747 481,259 Black Plate 123,819 68,827 Tin Plate 388,474 220,459 Tin Free Steel 151,600 100,461 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,482,737 917,835 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,691,423 1,209,945 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,597,473 826,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 132,363 69,515 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 169,824 111,376 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 82,699 58,728 Strip - Hot Rolled 62,395 29,742 Strip - Cold Rolled 152,705 258,673 ____________________________________________________________________________ October 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 31,414,003 13,788,579 Ingots And Steel For Castings 139,422 35,117 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,150,762 1,405,743 Wire Rods 1,822,292 668,342 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,126,635 779,235 Steel Piling 169,774 91,045 Plates Cut Lengths 1,572,237 748,636 Plates In Coils 2,313,270 773,209 Rails Standard 217,895 113,137 Rails All Other 45,399 27,755 Railroad Accessories 3,095 2,492 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,197,720 628,904 Bars - Light Shaped 225,674 101,594 Bars - Reinforcing 967,237 261,953 Bars - Cold Finished 266,092 332,354 Tool Steel 125,981 190,584 Standard Pipe 717,225 402,026 Oil Country Goods 294,892 230,789 Line Pipe 972,312 569,201 Mechanical Tubing 382,100 362,382 Pressure Tubing 52,658 55,622 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 53,366 214,387 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,218 14,741 Structural Pipe & Tube 382,867 204,979 Pipe For Piling 17,247 8,053 Wire Drawn 528,507 510,406 Black Plate 135,477 82,746 Tin Plate 249,482 158,005 Tin Free Steel 123,584 90,240 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,229,850 1,852,617 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,987,759 1,518,088 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,383,688 805,231 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 133,478 83,814 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 95,804 75,391 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 95,181 77,770 Strip - Hot Rolled 74,471 36,440 Strip - Cold Rolled 149,353 275,551 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."