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. September 1999 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,037,407 9,294,566 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,398 15,055 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,604,875 1,183,702 Wire Rods 1,916,397 576,629 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,064,894 325,637 Steel Piling 82,749 43,912 Plates Cut Lengths 663,365 302,194 Plates In Coils 1,030,956 294,332 Rails Standard 182,896 90,200 Rails All Other 22,066 13,447 Railroad Accessories 3,295 1,722 Bars - Hot Rolled 999,946 491,331 Bars - Light Shaped 196,262 76,188 Bars - Reinforcing 1,297,136 266,541 Bars - Cold Finished 197,445 220,554 Tool Steel 109,420 161,231 Standard Pipe 566,447 291,387 Oil Country Goods 78,967 69,538 Line Pipe 653,961 306,428 Mechanical Tubing 295,055 250,619 Pressure Tubing 32,731 38,103 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 54,233 186,562 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,451 20,349 Structural Pipe & Tube 324,422 156,926 Pipe For Piling 14,681 6,988 Wire Drawn 503,190 433,985 Black Plate 112,157 61,597 Tin Plate 340,156 192,842 Tin Free Steel 133,544 89,504 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,066,614 804,753 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,483,006 1,102,147 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,438,370 745,864 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 118,199 61,971 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 152,454 99,691 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,015 51,764 Strip - Hot Rolled 56,208 26,563 Strip - Cold Rolled 138,446 234,311 ________________________________________________________________________ September 1998 Cumulative To Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,685,555 12,296,072 Ingots And Steel For Castings 139,048 34,533 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,689,336 1,292,643 Wire Rods 1,621,222 601,963 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,878,324 697,551 Steel Piling 143,995 77,126 Plates Cut Lengths 1,405,888 677,384 Plates In Coils 1,977,952 684,835 Rails Standard 208,662 108,346 Rails All Other 40,260 25,471 Railroad Accessories 2,650 2,026 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,079,407 565,349 Bars - Light Shaped 202,092 90,834 Bars - Reinforcing 853,770 233,459 Bars - Cold Finished 242,221 303,273 Tool Steel 111,461 170,752 Standard Pipe 633,037 357,807 Oil Country Goods 267,790 208,760 Line Pipe 862,734 500,489 Mechanical Tubing 346,064 329,231 Pressure Tubing 46,323 49,071 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 46,732 190,319 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,011 13,194 Structural Pipe & Tube 346,708 186,574 Pipe For Piling 15,544 7,232 Wire Drawn 473,450 457,928 Black Plate 120,781 74,567 Tin Plate 218,359 138,952 Tin Free Steel 109,868 79,906 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,296,553 1,602,197 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,602,708 1,335,384 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,206,001 706,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 120,874 76,573 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 81,193 65,023 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 82,780 68,091 Strip - Hot Rolled 67,885 33,251 Strip - Cold Rolled 133,870 249,958 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."