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.

                                     September 2001          September 2000
                                     Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                     Date - Final            Date - Final
     Commodity                                           
     Grouping                     Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
                                             
Total Selected Commodities       16,982,622   5,800,482  23,619,221   8,134,409

Ingots And Steel For Castings         6,895       8,088       6,131       8,784
Blooms, Billets And Slabs         3,589,648     655,168   5,647,666   1,268,931
Wire Rods                         1,863,897     507,136   1,955,461     555,994
Structural Shapes Heavy             550,504     190,340   1,295,733     478,512
Steel Piling                        110,435      60,209     129,842      67,345
Plates Cut Lengths                  407,646     122,098     475,393     146,729
Plates In Coils                     414,825     103,816   1,088,248     306,125
Rails Standard                      134,558      64,239     167,483      83,102
Rails All Other                      14,006       8,303      22,357      12,453
Railroad Accessories                  9,538       5,667       2,651       1,656
Bars - Hot Rolled                   452,619     169,624     661,681     253,572
Bars - Light Shaped                 102,836      34,097     228,862      79,710
Bars - Reinforcing                1,249,477     277,115   1,362,002     284,038
Bars - Cold Finished                126,576      85,938     164,287     113,132
Standard Pipe                       795,531     352,263     846,898     408,256
Oil Country Goods                   540,714     253,816     319,635     166,400
Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter     633,324     334,675     285,448     129,460
Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter    194,408     114,518     167,508      85,917
Line Pipe - Not Specified            73,992      32,840      69,620      26,538
Mechanical Tubing                   248,651     173,185     313,582     227,688
Pressure Tubing                      26,479      24,592      16,828      17,263
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified          16,171      20,801      15,479      17,555
Structural Pipe & Tube              316,287     143,602     364,177     181,163
Pipe For Piling                       7,379       3,121      10,787       5,413
Wire Drawn                          395,660     276,329     424,454     301,960
Black Plate                         100,924      54,794      94,195      55,246
Tin Plate                           245,976     144,176     259,669     148,102
Tin Free Steel                      111,953      72,876     125,662      76,655
Sheets Hot Rolled                 1,515,499     394,973   4,378,928   1,294,587
Sheets Cold Rolled                1,603,930     513,510   1,452,263     584,013
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped      746,270     349,176     871,686     462,539
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt       91,829      42,306     104,618      53,223
Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat     171,873     110,432     177,726     128,653
Strip - Hot Rolled                   40,426      17,547      35,728      16,496
Strip - Cold Rolled                  71,884      79,111      76,534      87,199

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."