Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Steel Products From Selected Countries and Areas: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. (-) Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. 1999 Data October Final September Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,865,815 1,088,455 2,822,445 1,046,054 North America 672,010 290,764 664,422 288,168 Canada 363,792 193,991 375,988 196,366 Mexico 308,218 96,773 288,434 91,801 Western Europe 538,852 304,325 484,695 261,707 Euro Area 431,470 233,815 403,699 199,813 European Union 494,703 290,038 460,443 251,449 Austria 2,713 4,383 3,115 3,779 Belgium 94,264 38,045 48,455 22,034 Finland 2,525 2,295 10,138 4,048 France 88,525 44,373 55,057 27,729 Germany 94,074 65,301 150,703 75,572 Italy 32,785 27,342 17,112 13,048 Netherlands 79,215 27,685 71,200 23,739 Spain 16,055 14,071 35,970 24,086 Sweden 11,449 20,511 9,308 17,399 United Kingdom 44,648 32,577 44,106 32,464 Other EU 28,448 13,454 15,279 7,550 European Free Trade Association 5,433 3,504 3,109 3,468 Norway 3,576 1,981 2,260 1,249 Switzerland 1,856 1,519 807 2,204 Other EFTA (-) 3 42 16 Turkey 34,520 8,335 20,134 5,554 Other Western Europe 4,197 2,449 1,010 1,235 Eastern Europe/FSR 309,449 63,974 423,027 93,388 Poland 10,074 2,192 12,220 2,582 Former Soviet Republics 238,274 48,232 327,638 70,588 Moldova 21,672 4,255 23,146 4,256 Ukraine 100,286 18,792 96,229 18,419 Russia 92,966 20,272 123,794 29,653 Other FSR 23,350 4,913 84,470 18,260 Other EE 61,101 13,550 83,168 20,217 Pacific Rim Countries 670,144 261,362 699,337 269,043 Australia 92,086 16,574 51,112 9,898 China 46,393 14,456 64,650 18,326 Indonesia 40,749 9,836 51,683 10,543 Japan 207,909 114,034 201,805 111,267 Korea 171,769 60,088 222,248 72,530 Taiwan 86,799 38,606 85,419 39,886 Other Pacific Rim 24,438 7,768 22,419 6,593 South/Central America 543,923 128,422 428,597 99,021 Argentina 62,790 21,972 20,188 6,755 Brazil 416,352 84,010 290,616 60,162 Colombia 3,074 1,166 1,503 585 Venezuela 31,227 12,623 57,801 15,501 Other S/C A 30,479 8,651 58,489 16,018 Other Countries 131,437 39,608 122,367 34,727 India 78,457 20,952 62,066 15,069 South Africa 46,325 15,445 44,686 14,059 Other 6,656 3,211 15,615 5,599 _________________________________________________________________________ 1998 Data October Final September Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,728,447 1,492,507 3,501,878 1,420,462 North America 524,742 264,458 600,985 289,527 Canada 371,114 196,218 359,386 198,060 Mexico 153,627 68,241 241,599 91,467 Western Europe 644,666 368,656 598,885 318,480 Euro Area 515,014 275,889 442,649 231,878 European Union 619,001 353,654 539,939 294,144 Austria 11,580 10,588 5,839 6,859 Belgium 57,413 29,037 28,704 15,812 Finland 13,841 4,650 38,089 10,720 France 101,537 53,848 49,046 31,641 Germany 114,406 82,238 155,749 89,913 Italy 31,411 20,481 54,493 25,316 Netherlands 109,913 37,173 60,271 23,616 Spain 32,183 18,975 19,287 14,087 Sweden 15,786 25,589 18,288 19,767 United Kingdom 87,615 51,704 78,172 41,962 Other EU 43,316 19,370 32,001 14,450 European Free Trade Association 4,288 3,703 3,582 3,002 Norway 3,711 2,237 2,966 1,684 Switzerland 577 1,466 616 1,318 Other EFTA (-) (-) (-) (-) Turkey 18,105 9,092 30,734 11,919 Other Western Europe 3,272 2,208 24,630 9,414 Eastern Europe/FSR 745,258 187,905 681,341 186,290 Poland 2,006 531 7,251 1,953 Former Soviet Republics 671,740 165,158 622,641 165,883 Moldova 25,259 7,924 36,877 8,481 Ukraine 57,271 13,176 75,502 19,204 Russia 545,736 133,463 499,285 135,725 Other FSR 43,473 10,595 10,976 2,473 Other EE 71,512 22,216 51,448 18,455 Pacific Rim Countries 1,431,313 555,399 1,267,305 511,793 Australia 128,838 30,099 49,928 12,053 China 72,693 31,936 67,490 26,225 Indonesia 106,278 29,657 72,269 28,321 Japan 795,716 331,221 652,066 281,363 Korea 256,068 99,520 376,349 134,064 Taiwan 48,703 25,140 33,387 24,006 Other Pacific Rim 23,016 7,826 15,818 5,761 South/Central America 227,691 66,421 269,192 83,946 Argentina 9,560 4,321 13,505 7,531 Brazil 171,791 46,098 192,315 55,454 Colombia 3,012 1,875 313 282 Venezuela 21,718 7,595 37,498 12,116 Other S/C A 21,611 6,533 25,562 8,562 Other Countries 154,778 49,667 84,170 30,427 India 43,604 13,292 40,351 13,519 South Africa 54,370 16,571 35,967 13,193 Other 56,804 19,804 7,852 3,715 ________________________________________________________________________ October Cumulative To Date 1999 Final 1998 Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 26,903,222 10,383,021 31,414,003 13,788,579 North America 6,489,696 2,809,836 6,234,712 3,080,079 Canada 3,816,830 1,941,541 3,794,464 2,106,058 Mexico 2,672,865 868,295 2,440,248 974,021 Western Europe 5,200,413 2,847,840 5,956,052 3,577,654 Euro Area 4,158,287 2,191,844 4,454,844 2,672,108 European Union 4,803,855 2,712,485 5,425,235 3,371,226 Austria 58,545 60,806 98,538 94,159 Belgium 363,148 194,172 316,896 193,410 Finland 189,562 61,013 151,466 55,766 France 862,376 478,620 834,851 539,705 Germany 1,238,233 676,002 1,285,380 842,317 Italy 214,276 167,581 442,708 290,943 Netherlands 648,408 220,071 612,611 236,686 Spain 426,287 253,386 430,705 279,637 Sweden 152,287 206,670 182,866 236,309 United Kingdom 452,201 294,365 747,997 438,228 Other EU 198,534 99,799 321,215 164,066 European Free Trade Association 42,443 38,163 59,707 39,741 Norway 31,826 19,860 21,843 13,289 Switzerland 10,575 18,284 37,864 26,452 Other EFTA 42 19 (-) (-) Turkey 329,840 79,592 402,650 133,589 Other Western Europe 24,275 17,600 68,461 33,098 Eastern Europe/FSR 2,857,887 642,313 5,828,526 1,645,307 Poland 100,036 21,520 119,912 39,028 Former Soviet Republics 2,241,667 489,456 5,232,284 1,431,674 Moldova 272,748 56,236 245,215 69,156 Ukraine 594,291 107,146 719,205 200,872 Russia 951,094 240,224 3,955,549 1,073,445 Other FSR 423,534 85,851 312,315 88,201 Other EE 516,184 131,337 476,331 174,605 Pacific Rim Countries 7,194,265 2,803,880 9,659,221 4,237,906 Australia 676,499 130,878 771,931 208,892 China 479,148 153,122 455,665 208,195 Indonesia 406,632 97,354 410,678 128,987 Japan 2,450,689 1,261,638 4,934,113 2,410,326 Korea 2,258,697 761,579 2,579,263 984,058 Taiwan 733,762 338,116 382,923 245,573 Other Pacific Rim 188,838 61,194 124,648 51,875 South/Central America 4,121,924 949,401 2,694,122 837,717 Argentina 371,170 110,794 111,959 57,225 Brazil 3,059,818 642,270 1,977,646 594,032 Colombia 21,845 9,556 15,073 11,215 Venezuela 383,007 105,008 357,478 98,891 Other S/C A 286,084 81,774 231,965 76,354 Other Countries 1,039,037 329,751 1,041,369 409,916 India 366,911 98,820 329,841 116,193 South Africa 454,091 151,259 503,640 211,563 Other 218,035 79,671 207,887 82,159 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."