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 2002 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,254,894 803,217 2,137,200 807,763 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25 14 19 15 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 461,387 112,620 543,687 132,840 Wire Rods 411,296 111,441 128,464 40,042 Structural Shapes Heavy 43,456 14,088 30,544 11,101 Steel Piling 6,380 3,620 18,830 10,462 Plates Cut Lengths 45,160 14,255 45,577 14,739 Plates In Coils 59,511 18,316 78,073 23,493 Rails Standard 19,316 8,471 17,009 7,950 Rails All Other 773 403 1,565 748 Railroad Accessories 1,007 894 431 307 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,268 23,436 64,968 26,299 Bars - Light Shaped 7,257 2,796 12,099 4,031 Bars - Reinforcing 27,628 6,582 55,204 13,207 Bars - Cold Finished 11,919 7,721 11,637 7,986 Standard Pipe 68,397 32,300 75,678 36,335 Oil Country Goods 12,243 7,123 27,883 16,117 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,432 17,358 36,330 20,904 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,832 8,667 18,647 9,282 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,425 2,212 11,309 3,881 Mechanical Tubing 24,338 17,803 35,300 22,435 Pressure Tubing 3,402 4,422 3,915 3,882 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 914 1,174 1,147 1,469 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,046 12,917 22,356 11,290 Pipe For Piling 353 196 498 244 Wire Drawn 44,216 28,365 48,043 30,834 Black Plate 3,011 2,019 9,046 5,167 Tin Plate 18,766 10,697 17,033 9,787 Tin Free Steel 5,310 2,791 10,482 5,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 495,490 157,520 348,223 113,764 Sheets Cold Rolled 148,310 60,142 183,918 72,421 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 146,437 77,622 224,696 114,933 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,076 6,150 9,486 4,714 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,699 17,229 26,633 18,153 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,580 2,099 9,627 4,200 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,236 9,756 8,840 8,808 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,631,692 560,485 2,131,651 668,406 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8 40 38 65 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 193,022 36,401 524,619 94,035 Wire Rods 227,382 59,676 262,571 66,691 Structural Shapes Heavy 73,352 22,743 60,791 19,582 Steel Piling 11,497 6,121 16,208 8,778 Plates Cut Lengths 49,534 15,048 70,084 21,420 Plates In Coils 33,900 8,239 34,293 8,574 Rails Standard 22,503 9,657 12,911 6,080 Rails All Other 1,494 735 3,771 1,843 Railroad Accessories 245 165 486 430 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,337 23,490 61,511 21,833 Bars - Light Shaped 8,039 2,654 14,555 4,565 Bars - Reinforcing 44,754 9,194 160,891 33,891 Bars - Cold Finished 9,704 6,106 12,146 7,963 Standard Pipe 79,462 33,294 77,407 32,106 Oil Country Goods 29,108 15,321 42,129 21,180 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 51,567 30,356 49,463 25,733 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16,864 8,583 16,315 8,521 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,735 1,367 5,052 2,186 Mechanical Tubing 24,357 16,034 29,682 20,193 Pressure Tubing 2,998 2,746 2,670 2,607 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,343 1,625 2,071 2,087 Structural Pipe & Tube 22,933 10,158 26,767 11,276 Pipe For Piling 1,604 658 5,664 1,739 Wire Drawn 34,598 23,987 39,858 27,069 Black Plate 12,080 5,062 10,184 4,649 Tin Plate 28,426 15,589 31,942 18,529 Tin Free Steel 10,123 6,250 12,037 7,679 Sheets Hot Rolled 153,339 37,748 196,672 49,986 Sheets Cold Rolled 285,269 82,487 210,346 64,900 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 86,212 38,958 96,609 44,733 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,858 4,507 12,726 5,339 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 28,200 16,892 19,354 12,900 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,869 745 2,393 926 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,974 7,851 7,435 8,318 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 25,161,170 8,483,787 22,991,149 7,720,848 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,440 4,754 7,093 8,313 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,793,549 1,377,478 4,876,053 885,207 Wire Rods 3,117,663 857,688 2,678,596 716,841 Structural Shapes Heavy 568,720 183,936 733,751 247,908 Steel Piling 144,532 78,514 144,262 78,539 Plates Cut Lengths 500,082 156,863 580,780 173,982 Plates In Coils 747,133 214,697 541,762 134,811 Rails Standard 187,441 87,749 182,214 85,758 Rails All Other 14,289 7,345 20,097 11,344 Railroad Accessories 13,065 9,001 10,631 6,459 Bars - Hot Rolled 785,701 295,072 642,551 238,727 Bars - Light Shaped 136,152 45,878 135,481 44,755 Bars - Reinforcing 1,157,753 251,317 1,595,036 349,207 Bars - Cold Finished 155,462 100,998 165,664 110,235 Standard Pipe 977,376 457,403 1,029,317 451,196 Oil Country Goods 307,111 165,209 642,413 309,385 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 481,488 278,336 787,164 414,659 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 235,587 124,394 242,567 139,948 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,656 46,836 83,671 36,769 Mechanical Tubing 388,868 256,792 329,915 228,895 Pressure Tubing 45,644 41,664 35,916 32,787 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 15,973 18,235 22,031 27,332 Structural Pipe & Tube 322,795 157,676 395,187 178,217 Pipe For Piling 13,212 5,663 15,249 5,779 Wire Drawn 563,428 363,740 515,336 358,726 Black Plate 89,675 47,183 133,925 69,672 Tin Plate 253,792 142,770 342,986 198,874 Tin Free Steel 104,869 61,232 147,129 94,924 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,407,861 1,005,505 2,084,770 535,604 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,360,442 499,129 2,318,966 726,911 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,540,658 765,067 1,045,780 484,728 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 122,681 54,683 121,571 55,180 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 299,503 191,871 240,502 154,210 Strip - Hot Rolled 81,359 33,022 48,097 20,675 Strip - Cold Rolled 94,206 96,087 94,685 104,290 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: Final December 2002