Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2C: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Carbon (Non-Alloy) Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding September 2002 September 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 18,421,165 6,030,111 16,982,622 5,800,482 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,348 4,694 6,895 8,088 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,051,008 953,784 3,589,648 655,168 Wire Rods 2,365,578 643,274 1,863,897 507,136 Structural Shapes Heavy 458,546 146,256 550,504 190,340 Steel Piling 110,542 59,445 110,435 60,209 Plates Cut Lengths 366,338 115,019 407,646 122,098 Plates In Coils 538,468 151,642 414,825 103,816 Rails Standard 145,679 69,173 134,558 64,239 Rails All Other 10,667 5,516 14,006 8,303 Railroad Accessories 10,434 7,169 9,538 5,667 Bars - Hot Rolled 576,380 211,664 452,619 169,624 Bars - Light Shaped 102,955 34,354 102,836 34,097 Bars - Reinforcing 1,033,402 221,701 1,249,477 277,115 Bars - Cold Finished 117,065 75,836 126,576 85,938 Standard Pipe 739,425 343,568 795,531 352,263 Oil Country Goods 225,841 121,876 540,714 253,816 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 377,901 221,407 633,324 334,675 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 178,951 95,618 194,408 114,518 Line Pipe - Not Specified 99,271 36,199 73,992 32,840 Mechanical Tubing 290,511 190,685 248,651 173,185 Pressure Tubing 33,820 29,745 26,479 24,592 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,660 13,961 16,171 20,801 Structural Pipe & Tube 249,147 120,766 316,287 143,602 Pipe For Piling 11,818 4,957 7,379 3,121 Wire Drawn 423,115 273,048 395,660 276,329 Black Plate 72,234 36,989 100,924 54,794 Tin Plate 199,392 111,632 245,976 144,176 Tin Free Steel 82,870 49,122 111,953 72,876 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,203,488 617,976 1,515,499 394,973 Sheets Cold Rolled 909,319 317,637 1,603,930 513,510 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 985,330 476,729 746,270 349,176 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 90,633 39,250 91,829 42,306 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 220,064 138,649 171,873 110,432 Strip - Hot Rolled 58,427 22,882 40,426 17,547 Strip - Cold Rolled 66,538 67,890 71,884 79,111 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary October 2002 (CB-02-150)