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.

                                     July 2001               July 2000
                                     Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                     Date - Final            Date - Final

     Commodity                                           
     Grouping                      Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
                                             
Total Selected Commodities       12,983,951   4,479,103  18,442,314   6,335,164

Ingots And Steel For Castings         3,641       5,326       5,707       5,401
Blooms, Billets And Slabs         2,645,369     481,266   4,397,217     981,817
Wire Rods                         1,357,609     374,972   1,398,418     400,030
Structural Shapes Heavy             424,494     147,681     995,176     368,059
Steel Piling                         93,525      50,524      95,763      49,219
Plates Cut Lengths                  293,688      87,865     300,066      94,455
Plates In Coils                     341,029      84,639     834,584     231,695
Rails Standard                      122,741      58,515     136,500      68,064
Rails All Other                      10,192       6,142      18,981      10,564
Railroad Accessories                  7,737       4,590       2,039       1,245
Bars - Hot Rolled                   336,931     128,772     521,519     198,875
Bars - Light Shaped                  78,644      26,286     178,270      63,047
Bars - Reinforcing                  946,328     207,175   1,078,639     221,224
Bars - Cold Finished                 98,180      67,644     134,120      91,905
Standard Pipe                       613,408     275,849     657,150     312,981
Oil Country Goods                   433,549     199,277     255,630     133,342
Line Pipe>16Inches In Diameter      462,787     241,045     239,418     107,698
Line Pipe<=16Inches In Diameter     162,842      97,432     133,455      67,232
Line Pipe - Not Specified            47,492      18,742      61,207      22,774
Mechanical Tubing                   196,694     138,469     248,918     178,674
Pressure Tubing                      18,593      17,146      13,036      13,912
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified          11,886      15,438      12,248      13,350
Structural Pipe & Tube              248,998     114,727     286,239     142,071
Pipe For Piling                       5,516       2,300       7,744       3,760
Wire Drawn                          310,038     218,379     338,201     240,295
Black Plate                          77,532      44,058      74,387      43,228
Tin Plate                           195,722     115,933     209,977     119,339
Tin Free Steel                       88,126      58,149     102,382      62,498
Sheets Hot Rolled                 1,254,757     327,778   3,609,681   1,062,260
Sheets Cold Rolled                1,209,226     387,890   1,091,402     434,748
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped      580,069     272,373     699,319     369,092
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt       80,404      37,080      78,899      39,928
Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat     136,537      87,842     137,188      99,748
Strip - Hot Rolled                   33,261      14,562      27,426      12,559
Strip - Cold Rolled                  56,409      63,233      61,409      70,074

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."