Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1c. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Carbon (Non-Alloy) Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. January 2001 December 2000 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,732,646 662,782 1,698,262 603,552 Ingots And Steel For Castings 43 44 282 1,510 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 270,523 53,386 384,609 75,880 Wire Rods 109,820 35,255 233,830 63,855 Structural Shapes Heavy 101,058 55,670 83,388 30,618 Steel Piling 8,774 4,840 10,858 5,501 Plates Cut Lengths 31,843 9,185 29,025 9,271 Plates In Coils 87,764 21,767 50,514 13,686 Rails Standard 33,556 15,659 17,673 8,144 Rails All Other 1,628 1,140 2,118 877 Railroad Accessories 2,826 1,551 2,044 993 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,177 19,055 41,794 16,450 Bars - Light Shaped 15,258 5,045 13,179 4,283 Bars - Reinforcing 109,543 25,812 47,763 11,271 Bars - Cold Finished 14,490 9,957 13,122 9,104 Standard Pipe 83,041 38,886 83,636 40,627 Oil Country Goods 45,122 23,887 33,593 16,960 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 22,370 12,350 15,170 7,391 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 38,116 25,277 16,215 12,078 Line Pipe Other 9,204 3,680 3,578 1,646 Mechanical Tubing 27,301 20,488 23,236 17,753 Pressure Tubing 2,975 2,374 2,935 2,309 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,899 1,949 1,983 3,142 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,676 18,077 28,496 13,278 Pipe For Piling 444 193 287 150 Wire Drawn 47,149 33,847 35,634 26,618 Black Plate 11,736 7,179 8,972 5,092 Tin Plate 28,208 15,945 31,073 18,610 Tin Free Steel 12,275 8,100 14,003 8,446 Sheets Hot Rolled 235,471 63,060 215,532 58,723 Sheets Cold Rolled 168,012 59,314 121,684 45,940 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 81,933 39,936 83,705 40,423 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,633 5,026 14,212 6,893 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,699 11,846 22,127 14,681 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,286 2,741 4,753 2,581 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,793 10,262 7,242 8,770 ________________________________________________________________________________ December 2000 January 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,783,958 627,189 2,394,255 784,411 Ingots And Steel For Castings 282 1,510 2,332 2,232 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 426,683 83,791 751,593 148,901 Wire Rods 249,505 67,730 182,836 53,485 Structural Shapes Heavy 87,327 31,150 93,304 32,299 Steel Piling 10,940 5,576 16,258 8,442 Plates Cut Lengths 29,308 9,383 40,873 12,631 Plates In Coils 50,531 13,690 108,628 27,571 Rails Standard 17,673 8,144 19,966 9,584 Rails All Other 2,118 877 1,835 1,184 Railroad Accessories 2,213 1,038 172 100 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,671 17,147 60,403 22,745 Bars - Light Shaped 13,219 4,296 24,753 8,029 Bars - Reinforcing 54,814 12,781 106,777 21,008 Bars - Cold Finished 13,138 9,116 15,976 11,173 Standard Pipe 86,934 42,140 80,129 38,118 Oil Country Goods 36,294 19,151 19,406 11,144 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 15,207 7,417 49,481 23,675 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 18,768 13,009 18,548 8,636 Line Pipe Other 3,578 1,646 10,281 3,614 Mechanical Tubing 24,464 18,416 31,466 23,793 Pressure Tubing 3,081 2,388 1,503 1,220 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,021 3,161 1,266 1,392 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,500 13,308 37,954 18,694 Pipe For Piling 287 150 327 127 Wire Drawn 35,822 26,846 47,847 33,646 Black Plate 9,086 5,374 8,853 6,014 Tin Plate 32,083 19,097 41,434 22,918 Tin Free Steel 16,104 10,040 20,811 12,443 Sheets Hot Rolled 215,689 58,789 381,993 106,920 Sheets Cold Rolled 122,039 46,072 64,659 27,033 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 83,788 40,473 109,912 55,598 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,434 7,011 10,746 5,169 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,152 14,895 19,175 13,662 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,846 2,638 3,825 1,538 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,356 8,938 8,933 9,677 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."