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. September 2002 August 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,524,235 868,043 1,977,836 690,539 Ingots And Steel For Castings 208 30 72 33 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 533,444 125,079 605,109 137,269 Wire Rods 595,135 152,194 185,700 54,509 Structural Shapes Heavy 50,767 16,205 57,555 17,944 Steel Piling 10,976 5,992 15,321 8,376 Plates Cut Lengths 61,534 19,008 44,902 13,930 Plates In Coils 59,774 18,105 56,159 17,915 Rails Standard 16,420 10,934 556 245 Rails All Other 637 419 1,065 514 Railroad Accessories 1,342 746 1,284 685 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,506 25,280 68,642 25,010 Bars - Light Shaped 10,213 3,767 10,365 3,332 Bars - Reinforcing 62,792 14,154 105,904 25,081 Bars - Cold Finished 12,982 8,019 11,631 7,310 Standard Pipe 65,088 35,707 82,431 38,881 Oil Country Goods 29,117 17,130 12,168 6,386 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 50,084 29,490 28,792 16,025 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 20,302 12,891 29,136 13,837 Line Pipe - Not Specified 19,645 7,917 30,444 11,285 Mechanical Tubing 26,953 19,917 34,401 23,495 Pressure Tubing 4,026 3,580 3,008 3,086 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,419 1,454 1,244 1,310 Structural Pipe & Tube 23,822 12,757 24,924 12,901 Pipe For Piling 229 119 465 183 Wire Drawn 47,688 30,266 48,685 31,240 Black Plate 3,915 2,259 5,025 2,992 Tin Plate 16,491 9,483 14,876 8,736 Tin Free Steel 8,082 4,740 7,604 4,482 Sheets Hot Rolled 396,517 120,785 207,889 65,611 Sheets Cold Rolled 123,710 47,878 109,413 41,682 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 146,757 75,397 120,355 62,892 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,794 6,384 8,866 4,014 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,972 18,356 30,777 19,534 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,611 3,238 6,095 2,671 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,283 8,362 6,974 7,144 __________________________________________________________________________________ August 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,123,082 741,382 Ingots And Steel For Castings 72 33 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 618,145 140,938 Wire Rods 189,735 56,080 Structural Shapes Heavy 64,453 19,668 Steel Piling 15,321 8,376 Plates Cut Lengths 51,279 15,739 Plates In Coils 68,056 21,380 Rails Standard 556 245 Rails All Other 1,082 534 Railroad Accessories 1,284 685 Bars - Hot Rolled 73,766 26,497 Bars - Light Shaped 11,397 3,623 Bars - Reinforcing 105,999 25,109 Bars - Cold Finished 11,998 7,548 Standard Pipe 85,929 40,572 Oil Country Goods 13,732 7,286 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 32,975 18,101 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 30,631 14,592 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,444 11,285 Mechanical Tubing 35,699 24,528 Pressure Tubing 3,629 3,351 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,247 1,316 Structural Pipe & Tube 25,568 13,345 Pipe For Piling 488 195 Wire Drawn 49,549 31,810 Black Plate 5,727 3,456 Tin Plate 16,007 9,343 Tin Free Steel 8,994 5,215 Sheets Hot Rolled 264,553 82,263 Sheets Cold Rolled 113,359 43,213 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 127,138 66,364 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,538 4,300 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 41,255 24,135 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,318 2,779 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,162 7,478 __________________________________________________________________________________ September 2002 August 2002 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,838,426 601,656 2,160,245 719,723 Ingots And Steel For Castings 46 56 3,208 2,706 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 380,899 69,453 563,380 104,450 Wire Rods 275,450 70,797 230,838 61,368 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,763 18,120 69,247 24,538 Steel Piling 8,767 4,830 8,143 4,854 Plates Cut Lengths 62,394 18,468 51,564 15,766 Plates In Coils 36,832 9,451 36,964 9,726 Rails Standard 321 217 11,496 5,507 Rails All Other 2,915 1,613 900 548 Railroad Accessories 825 491 976 586 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,005 19,086 59,683 21,766 Bars - Light Shaped 10,747 3,658 13,446 4,153 Bars - Reinforcing 134,784 33,257 168,365 36,684 Bars - Cold Finished 14,822 9,006 13,574 9,288 Standard Pipe 78,782 32,869 103,341 43,544 Oil Country Goods 52,782 25,490 54,384 29,049 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 62,577 31,494 107,960 62,136 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 12,690 6,454 18,876 10,632 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,054 5,672 13,445 8,426 Mechanical Tubing 22,050 14,824 29,907 19,892 Pressure Tubing 2,997 2,481 4,889 4,965 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,987 2,563 2,298 2,799 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,922 12,448 39,368 16,427 Pipe For Piling 1,212 571 651 249 Wire Drawn 40,049 27,832 45,572 30,118 Black Plate 13,083 5,796 10,309 4,940 Tin Plate 19,649 11,306 30,605 16,936 Tin Free Steel 8,068 5,062 15,759 9,666 Sheets Hot Rolled 135,237 34,319 125,505 32,876 Sheets Cold Rolled 180,652 60,045 214,052 65,575 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 87,032 39,687 79,169 37,116 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,868 3,450 3,558 1,775 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,535 12,050 16,802 10,540 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,260 1,307 3,905 1,678 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,373 7,433 8,103 8,445 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), 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."