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. March 2001 February 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,960,459 650,774 1,451,781 520,220 Ingots And Steel For Castings 20 19 64 77 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 505,185 91,147 330,048 58,472 Wire Rods 303,043 76,905 71,250 24,654 Structural Shapes Heavy 37,334 14,311 57,518 20,562 Steel Piling 11,754 6,137 14,502 7,676 Plates Cut Lengths 26,754 8,264 60,400 18,179 Plates In Coils 29,418 7,863 25,724 6,851 Rails Standard 29,519 15,621 4,516 2,330 Rails All Other 1,482 839 1,300 619 Railroad Accessories 1,301 667 760 811 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,283 17,755 46,912 18,638 Bars - Light Shaped 10,547 3,446 7,517 2,729 Bars - Reinforcing 104,506 22,427 97,149 20,796 Bars - Cold Finished 14,488 10,140 12,687 9,261 Standard Pipe 93,578 43,258 74,540 34,536 Oil Country Goods 54,366 29,183 34,544 18,129 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 33,856 17,945 22,834 10,449 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 24,742 13,837 16,155 9,862 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9,887 3,552 4,216 1,727 Mechanical Tubing 25,251 18,577 24,086 18,148 Pressure Tubing 2,186 2,331 2,022 2,192 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,055 1,708 1,357 1,934 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,034 16,090 37,130 17,577 Pipe For Piling 567 271 176 117 Wire Drawn 43,519 31,280 38,546 28,275 Black Plate 16,709 9,120 9,827 5,918 Tin Plate 22,345 13,373 21,786 12,913 Tin Free Steel 12,755 8,393 10,072 8,391 Sheets Hot Rolled 176,699 46,263 176,501 48,521 Sheets Cold Rolled 159,151 51,215 129,563 44,744 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 80,988 37,809 83,562 39,928 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,995 7,479 6,624 3,409 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,950 12,126 15,955 11,265 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,508 1,960 4,196 1,849 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,682 9,462 7,742 8,682 _____________________________________________________________________________ February 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,471,991 526,886 Ingots And Steel For Castings 64 77 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 330,048 58,472 Wire Rods 71,250 24,654 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,044 20,953 Steel Piling 14,801 7,835 Plates Cut Lengths 64,300 19,592 Plates In Coils 25,882 6,886 Rails Standard 4,516 2,330 Rails All Other 1,300 619 Railroad Accessories 694 437 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,256 19,470 Bars - Light Shaped 7,517 2,729 Bars - Reinforcing 104,598 22,399 Bars - Cold Finished 12,687 9,261 Standard Pipe 74,613 34,582 Oil Country Goods 35,546 18,597 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 22,834 10,449 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 16,143 9,849 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,216 1,727 Mechanical Tubing 24,967 18,616 Pressure Tubing 2,022 2,192 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,357 1,934 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,181 17,593 Pipe For Piling 176 117 Wire Drawn 38,894 28,449 Black Plate 9,827 5,918 Tin Plate 21,905 12,948 Tin Free Steel 10,163 8,410 Sheets Hot Rolled 177,746 48,948 Sheets Cold Rolled 129,569 44,755 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 83,958 40,097 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,781 3,905 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,068 11,318 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,196 1,849 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,871 8,920 ____________________________________________________________________________ March 2000 February 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,440,262 844,215 2,734,539 894,432 Ingots And Steel For Castings 128 47 21 15 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 461,740 99,878 745,635 163,950 Wire Rods 177,723 50,491 204,848 57,563 Structural Shapes Heavy 156,175 55,384 106,984 36,254 Steel Piling 15,345 7,975 10,988 5,797 Plates Cut Lengths 31,371 9,779 28,661 8,819 Plates In Coils 118,843 31,591 140,276 37,226 Rails Standard 19,213 9,213 18,015 8,713 Rails All Other 2,369 1,426 4,515 2,261 Railroad Accessories 296 196 69 45 Bars - Hot Rolled 76,984 29,329 65,067 24,675 Bars - Light Shaped 27,730 9,356 22,711 7,672 Bars - Reinforcing 215,848 41,794 128,354 24,863 Bars - Cold Finished 18,646 13,331 17,963 12,718 Standard Pipe 86,840 42,206 87,022 40,907 Oil Country Goods 36,340 19,102 33,077 16,945 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 24,743 11,302 25,177 11,848 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 15,815 8,850 21,415 9,977 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8,493 3,013 13,355 4,604 Mechanical Tubing 41,850 28,991 31,343 21,913 Pressure Tubing 1,020 1,409 1,881 1,662 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,651 1,707 1,116 1,296 Structural Pipe & Tube 46,365 22,563 36,764 18,817 Pipe For Piling 3,257 1,761 381 170 Wire Drawn 50,925 36,608 42,977 31,018 Black Plate 5,040 2,785 13,117 6,751 Tin Plate 38,443 21,682 31,800 17,332 Tin Free Steel 21,182 12,520 18,108 11,040 Sheets Hot Rolled 457,609 132,572 575,278 162,791 Sheets Cold Rolled 137,008 52,473 139,732 52,360 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 97,014 51,959 123,378 61,412 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,294 5,590 11,732 5,597 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,093 14,004 20,049 15,193 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,679 1,861 3,804 1,748 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,190 11,467 8,928 10,482 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."