Not Seasonally Adjusted

        Exhibit 2c.  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.

                                      April 2001              April 2001
                                      Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                      Date - Final            Date - Final
     Commodity                                           
     Grouping                      Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
                                             
Total Selected Commodities        7,302,610   2,523,514  10,535,247   3,503,085

Ingots And Steel For Castings         3,535       5,267       5,647       5,347
Blooms, Billets And Slabs         1,555,332     284,169   2,855,454     614,326
Wire Rods                           684,893     192,460     747,955     212,310
Structural Shapes Heavy             246,608      87,634     470,608     169,076
Steel Piling                         46,275      24,639      53,791      27,944
Plates Cut Lengths                  162,143      48,843     143,781      45,251
Plates In Coils                     204,642      50,697     493,426     132,596
Rails Standard                       81,438      40,093      84,305      41,212
Rails All Other                       6,022       3,500       9,992       5,666
Railroad Accessories                  5,770       3,188         779         447
Bars - Hot Rolled                   195,872      75,714     269,931     102,610
Bars - Light Shaped                  44,730      15,316      98,622      33,454
Bars - Reinforcing                  474,908     105,437     612,352     120,804
Bars - Cold Finished                 57,885      40,138      70,205      49,846
Standard Pipe                       352,228     160,532     325,855     156,639
Oil Country Goods                   253,874     100,317     131,058      68,481
Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter     171,574      88,223     135,288      62,034
Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter    104,872      65,036      78,084      38,537
Line Pipe - Not Specified            27,638      10,742      41,956      14,734
Mechanical Tubing                   105,491      78,011     139,038      99,901
Pressure Tubing                      10,999      10,134       8,553       9,729
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified           5,933       7,663       5,281       5,953
Structural Pipe & Tube              151,458      69,906     162,547      80,050
Pipe For Piling                       2,861       1,259       5,107       2,555
Wire Drawn                          172,271     124,087     188,505     134,088
Black Plate                          49,233      28,049      35,267      20,608
Tin Plate                           105,407      62,572     130,329      72,269
Tin Free Steel                       49,992      34,241      69,863      42,764
Sheets Hot Rolled                   810,417     212,484   2,074,982     597,635
Sheets Cold Rolled                  662,858     221,843     497,742     193,500
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped      320,117     153,607     416,512     216,433
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt       48,724      22,857      44,812      22,261
Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat      73,320      48,458      77,010      56,385
Strip - Hot Rolled                   20,287       9,028      14,750       6,570
Strip - Cold Rolled                  33,002      37,369      35,858      41,067

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."