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.

                                    December 2001           December 2000
                                    Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                    Date - Final            Date - Final
     Commodity                                           
     Grouping                     Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
                                             
Total Selected Commodities       22,991,149   7,720,848  29,293,743  10,193,594

Ingots And Steel For Castings         7,093       8,313       8,637      13,176
Blooms, Billets And Slabs         4,876,053     885,207   6,766,545   1,497,892
Wire Rods                         2,678,596     716,841   2,622,059     745,994
Structural Shapes Heavy             733,751     247,908   1,633,453     601,147
Steel Piling                        144,262      78,539     182,102      87,981
Plates Cut Lengths                  580,780     173,982     635,613     196,667
Plates In Coils                     541,762     134,811   1,242,877     348,681
Rails Standard                      182,214      85,758     209,410     103,209
Rails All Other                      20,097      11,344      28,007      14,863
Railroad Accessories                 10,631       6,459       6,980       3,963
Bars - Hot Rolled                   642,551     238,727     845,119     326,414
Bars - Light Shaped                 135,481      44,755     280,883      96,227
Bars - Reinforcing                1,595,036     349,207   1,514,859     317,988
Bars - Cold Finished                165,664     110,235     207,752     144,132
Standard Pipe                     1,029,317     451,196   1,133,606     545,866
Oil Country Goods                   642,413     309,385     439,476     227,217
Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter     787,164     414,659     341,591     154,638
Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter    242,567     139,948     210,398     114,437
Line Pipe - Not Specified            83,671      36,769      91,644      36,488
Mechanical Tubing                   329,915     228,895     399,348     290,877
Pressure Tubing                      35,916      32,787      25,063      23,767
Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified          22,031      27,332      21,396      26,639
Structural Pipe & Tube              395,187     178,217     469,782     231,884
Pipe For Piling                      15,249       5,779      15,151       7,279
Wire Drawn                          515,336     358,726     550,781     394,843
Black Plate                         133,925      69,672     131,329      75,872
Tin Plate                           342,986     198,874     358,827     206,104
Tin Free Steel                      147,129      94,924     167,523     103,089
Sheets Hot Rolled                 2,084,770     535,604   5,218,465   1,534,100
Sheets Cold Rolled                2,318,966     726,911   1,900,338     758,297
Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped    1,045,780     484,728   1,101,329     579,278
Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt      121,571      55,180     143,201      72,688
Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat     240,502     154,210     237,388     170,026
Strip - Hot Rolled                   48,097      20,675      50,298      23,800
Strip - Cold Rolled                  94,685     104,290     102,513     118,068

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."