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.

                                     October 2001            October 2000
                                     Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                     Date - Final            Date - Final
     Commodity                                           
     Grouping                     Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
                                             
Total Selected Commodities       19,227,807   6,491,956  25,810,724   8,917,548

Ingots And Steel For Castings         7,047       8,209       6,209       8,849
Blooms, Billets And Slabs         4,158,412     754,771   6,123,618   1,370,301
Wire Rods                         2,188,642     590,474   2,186,677     622,836
Structural Shapes Heavy             599,609     205,584   1,413,628     520,797
Steel Piling                        116,557      63,641     161,692      77,055
Plates Cut Lengths                  461,163     137,514     535,777     165,539
Plates In Coils                     473,568     117,998   1,141,864     321,275
Rails Standard                      146,801      70,020     190,584      94,472
Rails All Other                      14,832       8,767      24,073      13,298
Railroad Accessories                  9,900       5,863       3,836       2,420
Bars - Hot Rolled                   516,703     193,404     742,165     286,234
Bars - Light Shaped                 112,887      37,536     247,349      85,292
Bars - Reinforcing                1,389,391     306,122   1,402,434     292,704
Bars - Cold Finished                143,814      96,166     179,758     124,509
Standard Pipe                       872,448     385,796     953,958     458,815
Oil Country Goods                   571,176     272,884     366,800     190,408
Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter     686,134     358,570     299,982     135,815
Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter    209,388     122,844     180,494      95,329
Line Pipe - Not Specified            74,884      33,215      76,918      29,693
Mechanical Tubing                   275,876     192,668     346,144     250,900
Pressure Tubing                      30,247      27,434      19,886      19,688
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified          18,616      23,620      17,595      20,805
Structural Pipe & Tube              345,487     156,783     404,573     200,835
Pipe For Piling                       7,980       3,382      12,609       6,256
Wire Drawn                          440,881     307,671     471,013     335,460
Black Plate                         111,661      59,961     103,443      60,299
Tin Plate                           282,619     164,756     286,093     162,866
Tin Free Steel                      124,969      80,995     139,582      85,691
Sheets Hot Rolled                 1,734,759     447,870   4,737,780   1,397,579
Sheets Cold Rolled                1,823,351     579,525   1,638,332     656,697
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped      862,959     401,037     954,205     505,413
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt       97,987      45,333     117,931      60,110
Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat     192,948     124,418     197,518     142,588
Strip - Hot Rolled                   43,835      19,004      40,810      18,823
Strip - Cold Rolled                  80,276      88,121      85,394      97,897

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."