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. October 2001 September 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,126,376 664,852 1,705,706 564,086 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16 120 39 20 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 541,062 95,083 335,295 59,604 Wire Rods 322,003 82,571 269,729 69,309 Structural Shapes Heavy 48,019 14,910 55,910 17,852 Steel Piling 6,117 3,421 8,767 4,830 Plates Cut Lengths 52,755 15,048 60,988 18,147 Plates In Coils 54,134 13,083 36,434 9,311 Rails Standard 12,223 5,773 355 367 Rails All Other 826 463 1,216 917 Railroad Accessories 361 196 825 491 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,786 23,283 52,436 18,225 Bars - Light Shaped 10,051 3,439 10,747 3,658 Bars - Reinforcing 101,986 22,200 99,002 22,186 Bars - Cold Finished 16,016 9,908 11,387 7,330 Standard Pipe 75,602 32,998 75,905 31,989 Oil Country Goods 28,875 18,236 42,140 21,374 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 52,297 23,656 60,397 30,537 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 13,195 7,511 12,661 6,429 Line Pipe - Not Specified 892 376 14,724 6,360 Mechanical Tubing 26,374 18,952 21,964 14,995 Pressure Tubing 2,225 1,913 2,702 2,163 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,441 2,804 1,979 2,542 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,200 13,181 28,075 12,168 Pipe For Piling 593 258 1,204 567 Wire Drawn 44,435 30,797 39,420 27,313 Black Plate 10,568 5,114 13,083 5,796 Tin Plate 36,643 20,581 19,581 11,249 Tin Free Steel 12,948 8,083 8,068 5,062 Sheets Hot Rolled 188,677 46,536 119,744 30,645 Sheets Cold Rolled 219,054 65,895 177,394 59,087 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 116,414 51,752 86,754 39,531 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,121 2,988 7,750 3,394 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,856 13,381 18,506 11,981 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,308 1,396 3,241 1,298 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,306 8,947 7,284 7,358 _______________________________________________________________________________ September 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,838,426 601,656 Ingots And Steel For Castings 46 56 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 380,899 69,453 Wire Rods 275,450 70,797 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,763 18,120 Steel Piling 8,767 4,830 Plates Cut Lengths 62,394 18,468 Plates In Coils 36,832 9,451 Rails Standard 321 217 Rails All Other 2,915 1,613 Railroad Accessories 825 491 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,005 19,086 Bars - Light Shaped 10,747 3,658 Bars - Reinforcing 134,784 33,257 Bars - Cold Finished 14,822 9,006 Standard Pipe 78,782 32,869 Oil Country Goods 52,782 25,490 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 62,577 31,494 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 12,690 6,454 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,054 5,672 Mechanical Tubing 22,050 14,824 Pressure Tubing 2,997 2,481 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,987 2,563 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,922 12,448 Pipe For Piling 1,212 571 Wire Drawn 40,049 27,832 Black Plate 13,083 5,796 Tin Plate 19,649 11,306 Tin Free Steel 8,068 5,062 Sheets Hot Rolled 135,237 34,319 Sheets Cold Rolled 180,652 60,045 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 87,032 39,687 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,868 3,450 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,535 12,050 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,260 1,307 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,373 7,433 ____________________________________________________________________________ October 2000 September 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,191,503 783,139 2,316,975 820,915 Ingots And Steel For Castings 78 66 401 3,371 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 475,952 101,370 554,724 125,936 Wire Rods 231,216 66,843 263,377 73,140 Structural Shapes Heavy 117,895 42,285 136,135 50,244 Steel Piling 31,850 9,710 10,915 6,125 Plates Cut Lengths 60,384 18,810 71,687 21,522 Plates In Coils 53,617 15,150 107,266 31,905 Rails Standard 23,101 11,370 8,795 4,246 Rails All Other 1,717 844 2,308 1,179 Railroad Accessories 1,185 764 272 97 Bars - Hot Rolled 80,484 32,662 60,068 23,287 Bars - Light Shaped 18,487 5,582 27,001 9,009 Bars - Reinforcing 40,433 8,666 112,208 27,407 Bars - Cold Finished 15,471 11,376 12,747 9,175 Standard Pipe 107,060 50,559 72,181 37,746 Oil Country Goods 47,165 24,008 36,380 17,615 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 14,535 6,355 25,460 11,707 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 12,987 9,412 14,268 7,816 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,298 3,156 4,322 1,885 Mechanical Tubing 32,562 23,211 31,551 23,459 Pressure Tubing 3,058 2,424 1,248 1,164 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,117 3,251 1,282 1,684 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,396 19,672 36,073 18,549 Pipe For Piling 1,822 842 1,121 635 Wire Drawn 46,559 33,500 40,693 29,078 Black Plate 9,247 5,053 13,450 7,693 Tin Plate 26,424 14,764 26,202 14,910 Tin Free Steel 13,920 9,035 15,633 9,459 Sheets Hot Rolled 358,852 102,992 310,086 94,784 Sheets Cold Rolled 186,069 72,684 179,380 73,577 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 82,518 42,873 92,173 49,650 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,313 6,887 12,744 6,608 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,791 13,935 23,297 15,741 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,082 2,327 4,449 2,084 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,859 10,699 7,076 8,427 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."