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. January 2002 December 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,948,556 622,570 1,621,726 555,818 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,786 2,113 8 37 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 537,693 84,727 189,321 35,263 Wire Rods 166,556 48,323 227,236 59,608 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,544 18,259 73,432 22,751 Steel Piling 9,659 4,747 11,497 6,121 Plates Cut Lengths 47,289 13,722 49,279 14,984 Plates In Coils 39,251 10,027 33,834 8,219 Rails Standard 16,208 7,829 22,486 9,629 Rails All Other 1,107 505 1,494 735 Railroad Accessories 919 671 245 165 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,788 21,564 64,222 23,435 Bars - Light Shaped 9,158 3,049 8,039 2,654 Bars - Reinforcing 110,032 21,928 43,310 8,845 Bars - Cold Finished 11,620 8,151 9,684 6,093 Standard Pipe 100,524 43,264 78,616 32,847 Oil Country Goods 38,157 18,744 27,590 14,624 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 38,430 18,622 51,567 30,356 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 14,401 7,025 16,864 8,583 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,212 897 3,735 1,367 Mechanical Tubing 29,798 19,503 24,089 15,745 Pressure Tubing 2,585 2,548 2,986 2,730 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,396 1,992 1,343 1,625 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,680 13,883 22,933 10,156 Pipe For Piling 4,883 2,117 1,604 658 Wire Drawn 41,617 27,444 34,403 23,737 Black Plate 25,671 11,162 12,080 5,062 Tin Plate 42,642 23,130 27,991 15,400 Tin Free Steel 10,384 6,534 10,116 6,247 Sheets Hot Rolled 166,932 40,059 153,243 37,704 Sheets Cold Rolled 137,054 45,939 285,028 82,391 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 136,590 60,643 86,059 38,905 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,055 4,970 10,858 4,507 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 32,646 19,500 28,046 16,462 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,750 1,414 1,694 654 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,539 7,563 6,792 7,517 _______________________________________________________________________________ December 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,631,692 560,485 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8 40 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 193,022 36,401 Wire Rods 227,382 59,676 Structural Shapes Heavy 73,352 22,743 Steel Piling 11,497 6,121 Plates Cut Lengths 49,534 15,048 Plates In Coils 33,900 8,239 Rails Standard 22,503 9,657 Rails All Other 1,494 735 Railroad Accessories 245 165 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,337 23,490 Bars - Light Shaped 8,039 2,654 Bars - Reinforcing 44,754 9,194 Bars - Cold Finished 9,704 6,106 Standard Pipe 79,462 33,294 Oil Country Goods 29,108 15,321 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 51,567 30,356 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 16,864 8,583 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,735 1,367 Mechanical Tubing 24,357 16,034 Pressure Tubing 2,998 2,746 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,343 1,625 Structural Pipe & Tube 22,933 10,158 Pipe For Piling 1,604 658 Wire Drawn 34,598 23,987 Black Plate 12,080 5,062 Tin Plate 28,426 15,589 Tin Free Steel 10,123 6,250 Sheets Hot Rolled 153,339 37,748 Sheets Cold Rolled 285,269 82,487 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 86,212 38,958 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,858 4,507 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 28,200 16,892 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,869 745 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,974 7,851 _______________________________________________________________________________ January 2001 December 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,784,972 653,946 1,783,958 627,189 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,189 2,324 282 1,510 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 299,907 56,552 426,683 83,791 Wire Rods 110,007 35,338 249,505 67,730 Structural Shapes Heavy 101,058 35,670 87,327 31,150 Steel Piling 8,774 4,840 10,940 5,576 Plates Cut Lengths 31,950 9,211 29,308 9,383 Plates In Coils 87,947 21,816 50,531 13,690 Rails Standard 33,556 15,659 17,673 8,144 Rails All Other 1,631 1,140 2,118 877 Railroad Accessories 2,826 1,551 2,213 1,038 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,715 19,379 43,671 17,147 Bars - Light Shaped 15,258 5,045 13,219 4,296 Bars - Reinforcing 115,821 27,187 54,814 12,781 Bars - Cold Finished 14,475 9,946 13,138 9,116 Standard Pipe 83,725 39,185 86,934 42,140 Oil Country Goods 45,457 24,077 36,294 19,151 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 21,814 12,161 15,207 7,417 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 41,868 25,267 18,768 13,009 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9,204 3,680 3,578 1,646 Mechanical Tubing 27,392 20,578 24,464 18,416 Pressure Tubing 2,975 2,374 3,081 2,388 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,899 1,949 2,021 3,161 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,676 18,077 28,500 13,308 Pipe For Piling 454 199 287 150 Wire Drawn 47,201 33,897 35,822 26,846 Black Plate 11,840 7,215 9,086 5,374 Tin Plate 28,541 16,124 32,083 19,097 Tin Free Steel 12,285 8,104 16,104 10,040 Sheets Hot Rolled 237,484 63,587 215,689 58,789 Sheets Cold Rolled 172,163 61,210 122,039 46,072 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 82,623 40,211 83,788 40,473 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,324 5,329 14,434 7,011 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,771 11,912 22,152 14,895 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,286 2,741 4,846 2,638 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,877 10,411 7,356 8,938 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."