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. March 2002 February 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,560,020 517,588 2,437,193 719,557 Ingots And Steel For Castings 169 113 25 13 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 386,961 65,679 786,864 124,618 Wire Rods 284,048 74,398 109,136 34,890 Structural Shapes Heavy 59,154 17,866 34,142 10,533 Steel Piling 5,825 3,011 11,089 5,944 Plates Cut Lengths 69,408 24,832 51,397 14,700 Plates In Coils 39,024 10,556 62,192 15,515 Rails Standard 19,967 8,971 18,991 8,816 Rails All Other 1,157 629 751 378 Railroad Accessories 962 685 380 288 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,450 18,134 68,469 24,765 Bars - Light Shaped 12,570 3,905 17,600 5,070 Bars - Reinforcing 41,025 8,940 203,366 40,815 Bars - Cold Finished 19,174 12,878 13,984 8,707 Standard Pipe 57,674 27,886 119,945 46,808 Oil Country Goods 16,565 9,389 21,831 12,260 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 55,751 36,407 64,507 34,182 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 13,521 6,520 14,739 6,640 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,200 1,045 13,087 4,845 Mechanical Tubing 21,459 15,438 31,491 19,118 Pressure Tubing 4,034 3,486 2,506 2,148 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,282 1,448 1,487 1,406 Structural Pipe & Tube 24,157 11,352 29,976 12,659 Pipe For Piling 863 373 1,504 554 Wire Drawn 45,715 29,571 39,950 26,465 Black Plate 3,156 2,019 14,429 5,396 Tin Plate 12,173 7,702 49,441 27,237 Tin Free Steel 7,568 4,657 16,420 9,759 Sheets Hot Rolled 131,327 35,044 256,859 63,863 Sheets Cold Rolled 87,216 25,565 151,616 44,312 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 54,215 26,950 153,603 67,491 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,186 1,886 28,230 11,240 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 15,783 10,274 35,573 18,888 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,000 2,564 5,110 1,823 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,278 7,416 6,507 7,411 ________________________________________________________________________________ February 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,619,297 756,243 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,600 1,976 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 867,578 134,920 Wire Rods 109,938 35,170 Structural Shapes Heavy 34,150 10,559 Steel Piling 11,849 6,375 Plates Cut Lengths 51,397 14,700 Plates In Coils 70,799 17,256 Rails Standard 18,992 8,821 Rails All Other 751 378 Railroad Accessories 380 288 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,844 25,623 Bars - Light Shaped 17,600 5,070 Bars - Reinforcing 263,556 53,307 Bars - Cold Finished 14,010 8,736 Standard Pipe 123,630 48,175 Oil Country Goods 21,831 12,260 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 64,841 34,437 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 15,193 6,697 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,087 4,845 Mechanical Tubing 33,837 19,841 Pressure Tubing 2,426 2,407 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,487 1,406 Structural Pipe & Tube 30,002 12,659 Pipe For Piling 1,504 554 Wire Drawn 40,071 26,571 Black Plate 14,485 5,444 Tin Plate 52,023 28,381 Tin Free Steel 18,911 11,156 Sheets Hot Rolled 268,859 66,230 Sheets Cold Rolled 152,246 44,588 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 154,871 67,878 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 28,230 11,240 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 35,621 18,934 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,110 1,823 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,588 7,535 ________________________________________________________________________________ March 2001 February 2001 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,993,963 661,272 1,471,991 526,886 Ingots And Steel For Castings 20 19 64 77 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 505,241 91,179 330,048 58,472 Wire Rods 303,168 76,957 71,250 24,654 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,496 15,025 58,044 20,953 Steel Piling 11,754 6,137 14,801 7,835 Plates Cut Lengths 26,754 8,264 64,300 19,592 Plates In Coils 29,666 7,918 25,882 6,886 Rails Standard 29,519 15,621 4,516 2,330 Rails All Other 1,482 839 1,300 619 Railroad Accessories 1,322 684 694 437 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,497 17,864 49,256 19,470 Bars - Light Shaped 12,764 4,309 7,517 2,729 Bars - Reinforcing 125,455 27,740 104,598 22,399 Bars - Cold Finished 14,488 10,140 12,687 9,261 Standard Pipe 95,316 43,904 74,613 34,582 Oil Country Goods 56,728 30,011 35,546 18,597 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 34,183 18,123 22,834 10,449 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 24,742 13,837 16,143 9,849 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9,887 3,552 4,216 1,727 Mechanical Tubing 25,306 18,699 24,967 18,616 Pressure Tubing 2,199 2,363 2,022 2,192 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,056 1,712 1,357 1,934 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,108 16,262 37,181 17,593 Pipe For Piling 1,399 630 176 117 Wire Drawn 43,828 31,503 38,894 28,449 Black Plate 17,240 9,348 9,827 5,918 Tin Plate 22,614 13,492 21,905 12,948 Tin Free Steel 12,755 8,393 10,163 8,410 Sheets Hot Rolled 177,236 46,381 177,746 48,948 Sheets Cold Rolled 159,241 51,266 129,569 44,755 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 82,532 38,355 83,958 40,097 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,146 6,820 7,781 3,905 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,440 12,332 16,068 11,318 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,508 1,960 4,196 1,849 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,869 9,633 7,871 8,920 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."