Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1c. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Carbon (Non-Alloy) Steel (Census Basis) Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. May 2001 April 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,654,346 616,605 1,928,597 663,651 Ingots And Steel For Castings 34 34 229 266 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 243,826 44,157 419,739 77,858 Wire Rods 165,699 48,223 200,467 55,511 Structural Shapes Heavy 59,114 20,075 46,198 15,358 Steel Piling 21,174 11,971 10,946 5,827 Plates Cut Lengths 42,991 13,285 38,845 11,703 Plates In Coils 35,919 9,350 59,935 13,809 Rails Standard 548 227 13,847 6,483 Rails All Other 1,586 700 1,609 903 Railroad Accessories 523 467 927 514 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,188 16,992 47,902 18,488 Bars - Light Shaped 9,554 3,296 9,190 3,233 Bars - Reinforcing 118,934 25,457 112,957 24,547 Bars - Cold Finished 13,471 9,671 16,016 10,655 Standard Pipe 98,441 42,465 97,692 42,496 Oil Country Goods 57,229 33,351 49,136 26,440 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 97,124 53,582 92,742 47,490 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 21,149 11,790 22,120 16,089 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9,998 4,128 4,346 1,792 Mechanical Tubing 33,217 22,210 26,548 19,559 Pressure Tubing 2,560 2,420 3,785 3,181 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,853 2,710 1,621 2,068 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,200 15,798 38,156 16,935 Pipe For Piling 282 152 831 312 Wire Drawn 46,078 31,583 42,212 30,112 Black Plate 11,485 7,148 10,268 5,503 Tin Plate 29,139 17,909 32,131 19,909 Tin Free Steel 17,137 11,044 14,319 9,025 Sheets Hot Rolled 141,848 38,174 191,459 47,731 Sheets Cold Rolled 161,549 50,003 201,747 64,544 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 89,867 40,689 70,512 34,751 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,692 4,383 15,473 6,801 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 21,267 12,873 22,042 12,896 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,179 1,755 5,285 2,472 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,492 8,534 7,364 8,391 _______________________________________________________________________________ April 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,051,685 681,409 Ingots And Steel For Castings 262 2,846 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 420,137 77,966 Wire Rods 200,467 55,511 Structural Shapes Heavy 48,011 15,986 Steel Piling 10,946 5,827 Plates Cut Lengths 39,138 11,776 Plates In Coils 61,146 14,078 Rails Standard 13,847 6,483 Rails All Other 1,609 903 Railroad Accessories 928 516 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,403 19,001 Bars - Light Shaped 9,190 3,233 Bars - Reinforcing 129,034 28,111 Bars - Cold Finished 16,235 10,791 Standard Pipe 98,575 42,861 Oil Country Goods 116,143 27,633 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 92,742 47,490 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 22,119 16,084 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,331 1,783 Mechanical Tubing 27,826 20,118 Pressure Tubing 3,802 3,206 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,621 2,068 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,493 17,974 Pipe For Piling 831 312 Wire Drawn 42,349 30,238 Black Plate 10,327 5,568 Tin Plate 32,347 20,007 Tin Free Steel 14,789 9,335 Sheets Hot Rolled 217,951 53,567 Sheets Cold Rolled 201,884 64,611 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 71,005 34,944 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,473 6,804 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,042 12,896 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,297 2,478 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,385 8,405 ________________________________________________________________________________ May 2000 April 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,554,901 927,580 2,966,190 980,028 Ingots And Steel For Castings 28 23 3,166 3,053 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 546,921 131,036 896,486 201,599 Wire Rods 189,726 55,756 182,549 50,772 Structural Shapes Heavy 173,302 65,777 114,146 45,138 Steel Piling 17,561 8,917 11,200 5,730 Plates Cut Lengths 53,347 15,833 42,876 14,022 Plates In Coils 119,645 34,228 125,679 36,208 Rails Standard 11,275 7,299 27,112 13,702 Rails All Other 3,876 2,127 1,272 796 Railroad Accessories 249 129 242 107 Bars - Hot Rolled 83,857 32,563 67,477 25,862 Bars - Light Shaped 29,411 11,068 23,428 8,398 Bars - Reinforcing 85,925 19,662 161,373 33,139 Bars - Cold Finished 25,286 15,758 17,620 12,625 Standard Pipe 126,914 58,635 71,864 35,409 Oil Country Goods 38,625 21,067 42,235 21,290 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 31,062 13,998 35,887 15,209 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 25,330 13,025 22,306 11,073 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,329 2,947 9,828 3,503 Mechanical Tubing 35,945 26,444 34,380 25,205 Pressure Tubing 1,534 1,493 4,150 5,438 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,751 2,750 1,248 1,558 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,367 20,921 41,464 19,977 Pipe For Piling 1,778 747 1,143 497 Wire Drawn 53,789 37,821 46,756 32,816 Black Plate 11,148 7,110 8,256 5,058 Tin Plate 25,357 15,354 18,651 10,337 Tin Free Steel 8,299 4,772 9,762 6,760 Sheets Hot Rolled 506,576 151,278 660,102 195,353 Sheets Cold Rolled 155,854 62,558 156,343 61,634 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 94,680 52,036 86,209 47,464 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,436 6,214 11,040 5,905 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,801 15,494 18,693 13,526 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,141 2,447 3,443 1,423 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,775 10,292 7,807 9,442 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."