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 November 2002 October 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,994,159 755,225 2,299,164 823,684 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19 15 48 23 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 514,027 125,108 736,918 178,095 Wire Rods 123,576 38,365 210,825 62,368 Structural Shapes Heavy 30,007 10,934 35,818 12,410 Steel Piling 18,829 10,459 8,780 4,988 Plates Cut Lengths 39,323 12,840 41,184 12,230 Plates In Coils 69,750 21,012 68,396 20,469 Rails Standard 16,902 7,905 5,438 2,154 Rails All Other 1,456 692 1,283 678 Railroad Accessories 431 307 1,120 1,149 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,958 26,290 83,475 31,698 Bars - Light Shaped 11,388 3,767 12,765 4,329 Bars - Reinforcing 48,512 11,592 41,519 9,827 Bars - Cold Finished 11,348 7,890 14,828 9,446 Standard Pipe 64,380 31,835 92,566 44,524 Oil Country Goods 27,325 15,789 33,040 16,633 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 31,127 18,640 35,455 18,079 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17,153 8,483 19,968 9,811 Line Pipe - Not Specified 10,694 3,639 12,651 4,544 Mechanical Tubing 30,554 20,402 38,166 25,515 Pressure Tubing 3,442 3,597 4,451 3,580 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,147 1,469 1,193 1,396 Structural Pipe & Tube 22,285 11,260 24,225 12,697 Pipe For Piling 498 244 543 266 Wire Drawn 48,253 30,709 47,815 31,298 Black Plate 8,308 4,374 5,244 2,855 Tin Plate 15,965 9,231 18,570 10,634 Tin Free Steel 9,969 5,676 6,207 3,399 Sheets Hot Rolled 325,837 107,293 349,974 113,129 Sheets Cold Rolled 171,029 67,743 115,739 47,702 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 204,301 103,791 179,181 92,984 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,014 3,913 9,121 4,403 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 25,374 17,292 25,391 17,340 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,619 4,192 7,759 3,563 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,360 8,476 9,508 9,468 ______________________________________________________________ October 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,347,912 842,697 Ingots And Steel For Castings 48 30 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 737,468 178,235 Wire Rods 212,325 62,931 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,173 12,492 Steel Piling 8,780 4,988 Plates Cut Lengths 43,007 12,850 Plates In Coils 71,081 21,246 Rails Standard 5,438 2,154 Rails All Other 1,283 678 Railroad Accessories 1,193 631 Bars - Hot Rolled 89,084 33,673 Bars - Light Shaped 13,842 4,697 Bars - Reinforcing 41,519 9,827 Bars - Cold Finished 14,841 9,455 Standard Pipe 93,876 45,200 Oil Country Goods 41,144 20,093 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 36,825 18,667 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 22,157 10,826 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,651 4,544 Mechanical Tubing 38,719 25,869 Pressure Tubing 4,506 3,615 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,252 1,631 Structural Pipe & Tube 24,247 12,703 Pipe For Piling 543 266 Wire Drawn 48,055 31,493 Black Plate 5,384 3,008 Tin Plate 18,601 10,654 Tin Free Steel 6,207 3,399 Sheets Hot Rolled 360,659 116,245 Sheets Cold Rolled 118,896 48,928 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 184,196 95,783 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,486 4,569 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,108 17,841 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,725 3,842 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,592 9,633 ______________________________________________________________ November 2001 October 2001 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,131,651 668,406 2,245,185 691,474 Ingots And Steel For Castings 38 65 152 120 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 524,619 94,035 568,764 99,603 Wire Rods 262,571 66,691 324,745 83,338 Structural Shapes Heavy 60,791 19,582 49,105 15,244 Steel Piling 16,208 8,778 6,122 3,432 Plates Cut Lengths 70,084 21,420 53,517 15,416 Plates In Coils 34,293 8,574 58,743 14,182 Rails Standard 12,911 6,080 12,243 5,782 Rails All Other 3,771 1,843 826 463 Railroad Accessories 486 430 361 196 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,511 21,833 64,084 23,780 Bars - Light Shaped 14,555 4,565 10,051 3,439 Bars - Reinforcing 160,891 33,891 139,914 29,007 Bars - Cold Finished 12,146 7,963 17,238 10,228 Standard Pipe 77,407 32,106 76,917 33,533 Oil Country Goods 42,129 21,180 30,461 19,068 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 49,463 25,733 52,810 23,895 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16,315 8,521 14,980 8,326 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5,052 2,186 892 376 Mechanical Tubing 29,682 20,193 27,225 19,483 Pressure Tubing 2,670 2,607 3,768 2,842 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,071 2,087 2,446 2,819 Structural Pipe & Tube 26,767 11,276 29,200 13,181 Pipe For Piling 5,664 1,739 602 261 Wire Drawn 39,858 27,069 45,221 31,342 Black Plate 10,184 4,649 10,737 5,166 Tin Plate 31,942 18,529 36,643 20,581 Tin Free Steel 12,037 7,679 13,016 8,118 Sheets Hot Rolled 196,672 49,986 219,260 52,897 Sheets Cold Rolled 210,346 64,900 219,422 66,014 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 96,609 44,733 116,689 51,861 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,726 5,339 6,157 3,027 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,354 12,900 21,074 13,987 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,393 926 3,409 1,456 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,435 8,318 8,392 9,010 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 November 2002 (CB-02-165)