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. September 2001 August 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,705,706 564,086 2,045,906 689,313 Ingots And Steel For Castings 39 20 42 56 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 335,295 59,604 498,592 91,030 Wire Rods 269,729 69,309 229,438 60,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 55,910 17,852 68,547 24,253 Steel Piling 8,767 4,830 8,143 4,854 Plates Cut Lengths 60,988 18,147 51,227 15,628 Plates In Coils 36,434 9,311 36,815 9,689 Rails Standard 355 367 11,496 5,507 Rails All Other 1,216 917 900 548 Railroad Accessories 825 491 976 586 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,436 18,225 56,415 20,855 Bars - Light Shaped 10,747 3,658 13,345 4,118 Bars - Reinforcing 99,002 22,186 150,302 32,944 Bars - Cold Finished 11,387 7,330 13,300 9,088 Standard Pipe 75,905 31,989 100,950 42,510 Oil Country Goods 42,140 21,374 51,892 27,776 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 60,397 30,537 107,304 61,817 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 12,661 6,429 18,795 10,551 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,724 6,360 13,445 8,426 Mechanical Tubing 21,964 14,995 29,170 19,495 Pressure Tubing 2,702 2,163 4,848 4,912 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,979 2,542 2,287 2,780 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,075 12,168 39,330 16,410 Pipe For Piling 1,204 567 651 249 Wire Drawn 39,420 27,313 45,031 29,725 Black Plate 13,083 5,796 10,136 4,802 Tin Plate 19,581 11,249 30,371 16,818 Tin Free Steel 8,068 5,062 15,465 9,535 Sheets Hot Rolled 119,744 30,645 124,978 32,712 Sheets Cold Rolled 177,394 59,087 202,043 61,929 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 86,754 39,531 77,727 36,553 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,750 3,394 3,393 1,695 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,506 11,981 16,614 10,444 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,241 1,298 3,891 1,672 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,284 7,358 8,047 8,395 ________________________________________________________________________________ August 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,160,245 719,723 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,208 2,706 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 563,380 104,450 Wire Rods 230,838 61,368 Structural Shapes Heavy 69,247 24,538 Steel Piling 8,143 4,854 Plates Cut Lengths 51,564 15,766 Plates In Coils 36,964 9,726 Rails Standard 11,496 5,507 Rails All Other 900 548 Railroad Accessories 976 586 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,683 21,766 Bars - Light Shaped 13,446 4,153 Bars - Reinforcing 168,365 36,684 Bars - Cold Finished 13,574 9,288 Standard Pipe 103,341 43,544 Oil Country Goods 54,384 29,049 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 107,960 62,136 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 18,876 10,632 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,445 8,426 Mechanical Tubing 29,907 19,892 Pressure Tubing 4,889 4,965 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,298 2,799 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,368 16,427 Pipe For Piling 651 249 Wire Drawn 45,572 30,118 Black Plate 10,309 4,940 Tin Plate 30,605 16,936 Tin Free Steel 15,759 9,666 Sheets Hot Rolled 125,505 32,876 Sheets Cold Rolled 214,052 65,575 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 79,169 37,116 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,558 1,775 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,802 10,540 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,905 1,678 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,103 8,445 ________________________________________________________________________________ September 2000 August 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,316,975 820,915 2,859,933 978,329 Ingots And Steel For Castings 401 3,371 23 12 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 554,724 125,936 695,724 161,178 Wire Rods 263,377 73,140 293,666 82,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 136,135 50,244 164,422 60,209 Steel Piling 10,915 6,125 23,164 12,002 Plates Cut Lengths 71,687 21,522 103,639 30,752 Plates In Coils 107,266 31,905 146,397 42,525 Rails Standard 8,795 4,246 22,187 10,792 Rails All Other 2,308 1,179 1,068 710 Railroad Accessories 272 97 339 314 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,068 23,287 80,094 31,410 Bars - Light Shaped 27,001 9,009 23,591 7,654 Bars - Reinforcing 112,208 27,407 171,155 35,407 Bars - Cold Finished 12,747 9,175 17,420 12,052 Standard Pipe 72,181 37,746 117,567 57,529 Oil Country Goods 36,380 17,615 27,624 15,443 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 25,460 11,707 20,570 10,055 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 14,268 7,816 19,784 10,869 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,322 1,885 4,091 1,879 Mechanical Tubing 31,551 23,459 33,113 25,555 Pressure Tubing 1,248 1,164 2,545 2,188 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,282 1,684 1,949 2,520 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,073 18,549 41,864 20,543 Pipe For Piling 1,121 635 1,922 1,019 Wire Drawn 40,693 29,078 45,560 32,587 Black Plate 13,450 7,693 6,358 4,324 Tin Plate 26,202 14,910 23,491 13,853 Tin Free Steel 15,633 9,459 7,646 4,698 Sheets Hot Rolled 310,086 94,784 459,161 137,542 Sheets Cold Rolled 179,380 73,577 181,482 75,688 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 92,173 49,650 80,194 43,797 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,744 6,608 12,976 6,688 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,297 15,741 17,241 13,164 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,449 2,084 3,853 1,853 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,076 8,427 8,050 8,698 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."