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. August 1999 August 1998 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date- Final Date- Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 21,214,962 8,248,511 24,183,677 10,875,610 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,189 13,881 138,522 33,958 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,894,391 1,024,878 4,138,725 1,159,637 Wire Rods 1,706,474 510,319 1,449,841 543,699 Structural Shapes Heavy 996,510 302,589 1,643,547 621,331 Steel Piling 75,945 40,272 128,629 68,870 Plates Cut Lengths 612,885 280,074 1,122,409 554,713 Plates In Coils 860,776 250,311 1,687,009 604,325 Rails Standard 172,906 85,063 195,934 101,584 Rails All Other 21,374 13,068 37,359 23,207 Railroad Accessories 3,131 1,628 2,311 1,564 Bars - Hot Rolled 872,335 431,528 971,519 508,617 Bars - Light Shaped 181,489 69,783 183,595 82,712 Bars - Reinforcing 1,139,604 235,656 780,424 214,433 Bars - Cold Finished 177,777 197,846 215,127 271,354 Tool Steel 98,216 145,936 100,970 156,213 Standard Pipe 506,186 261,286 567,168 322,886 Oil Country Goods 64,226 58,025 241,423 186,708 Line Pipe 596,162 282,005 731,696 427,683 Mechanical Tubing 263,555 223,955 309,905 294,600 Pressure Tubing 28,530 33,933 43,847 45,774 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 48,060 166,605 41,831 171,250 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 15,182 17,582 8,918 11,281 Structural Pipe & Tube 293,021 140,608 306,209 165,546 Pipe For Piling 13,915 6,671 14,341 6,776 Wire Drawn 450,232 388,613 423,288 411,348 Black Plate 101,172 55,242 108,523 67,598 Tin Plate 309,996 175,646 195,515 124,519 Tin Free Steel 114,371 77,951 101,400 74,564 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,630,047 690,933 4,553,049 1,384,536 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,209,654 983,447 2,248,499 1,171,265 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,275,403 662,777 1,059,430 622,369 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 99,904 51,976 109,007 69,245 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 131,855 87,519 68,945 55,695 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 65,798 46,834 74,739 62,242 Strip - Hot Rolled 49,546 23,728 61,336 30,122 Strip - Cold Rolled 123,145 210,345 118,689 223,387 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."