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.

                                    November 2001           November 2000
                                    Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                    Date - Final            Date - Final
     Commodity                                           
     Grouping                     Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
                                             
Total Selected Commodities       21,359,458   7,160,362  27,509,785   9,566,405

Ingots And Steel For Castings         7,085       8,274       8,355      11,666
Blooms, Billets And Slabs         4,683,032     848,806   6,339,862   1,414,101
Wire Rods                         2,451,213     657,165   2,372,553     678,263
Structural Shapes Heavy             660,400     225,166   1,546,126     569,997
Steel Piling                        132,765      72,419     171,162      82,405
Plates Cut Lengths                  531,246     158,934     606,305     187,284
Plates In Coils                     507,861     126,572   1,192,345     334,991
Rails Standard                      159,712      76,101     191,737      95,065
Rails All Other                      18,603      10,609      25,888      13,986
Railroad Accessories                 10,386       6,294       4,766       2,925
Bars - Hot Rolled                   578,214     215,237     801,448     309,267
Bars - Light Shaped                 127,442      42,102     267,664      91,931
Bars - Reinforcing                1,550,283     340,013   1,460,045     305,207
Bars - Cold Finished                155,960     104,129     194,614     135,016
Standard Pipe                       949,855     417,902   1,046,672     503,727
Oil Country Goods                   613,305     294,064     403,182     208,066
Line Pipe>16Inches In Diameter      735,597     384,303     326,385     147,222
Line Pipe<=16Inches In Diameter     225,703     131,364     191,630     101,429
Line Pipe - Not Specified            79,936      35,402      88,066      34,842
Mechanical Tubing                   305,558     212,861     374,884     272,461
Pressure Tubing                      32,918      30,041      21,982      21,379
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified          20,688      25,707      19,374      23,478
Structural Pipe & Tube              372,254     168,059     441,282     218,576
Pipe For Piling                      13,645       5,121      14,864       7,129
Wire Drawn                          480,739     334,740     514,959     367,997
Black Plate                         121,845      64,610     122,243      70,498
Tin Plate                           314,560     183,285     326,744     187,008
Tin Free Steel                      137,006      88,674     151,419      93,049
Sheets Hot Rolled                 1,931,431     497,856   5,002,776   1,475,311
Sheets Cold Rolled                2,033,698     644,424   1,778,300     712,225
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped      959,568     445,770   1,017,541     538,805
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt      110,713      50,672     128,767      65,677
Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat     212,302     137,318     215,236     155,131
Strip - Hot Rolled                   46,228      19,930      45,452      21,162
Strip - Cold Rolled                  87,711      96,439      95,157     109,131

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."