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 December 2002 November 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,141,602 761,617 1,994,159 755,225 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25 14 19 15 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 421,512 101,963 514,027 125,108 Wire Rods 398,462 105,934 123,576 38,365 Structural Shapes Heavy 43,429 14,079 30,007 10,934 Steel Piling 6,380 3,620 18,829 10,459 Plates Cut Lengths 44,562 14,150 39,323 12,840 Plates In Coils 58,148 17,889 69,750 21,012 Rails Standard 19,316 8,471 16,902 7,905 Rails All Other 773 403 1,456 692 Railroad Accessories 1,007 894 431 307 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,719 23,195 64,958 26,290 Bars - Light Shaped 7,232 2,786 11,388 3,767 Bars - Reinforcing 26,577 6,355 48,512 11,592 Bars - Cold Finished 11,732 7,677 11,348 7,890 Standard Pipe 68,261 32,218 64,380 31,835 Oil Country Goods 11,516 6,593 27,325 15,789 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,354 10,703 31,127 18,640 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,811 8,653 17,153 8,483 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,425 2,212 10,694 3,639 Mechanical Tubing 24,124 17,668 30,554 20,402 Pressure Tubing 3,326 4,193 3,442 3,597 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 914 1,174 1,147 1,469 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,046 12,917 22,285 11,260 Pipe For Piling 353 196 498 244 Wire Drawn 43,890 28,109 48,253 30,709 Black Plate 2,302 1,342 8,308 4,374 Tin Plate 18,620 10,630 15,965 9,231 Tin Free Steel 5,310 2,791 9,969 5,676 Sheets Hot Rolled 482,980 153,824 325,837 107,293 Sheets Cold Rolled 125,545 51,412 171,029 67,743 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 144,767 76,791 204,301 103,791 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,687 4,512 8,014 3,913 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 25,989 16,762 25,374 17,292 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,560 2,090 9,619 4,192 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,948 9,398 8,360 8,476 ______________________________________________________________ November 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,137,200 807,763 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19 15 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 543,687 132,840 Wire Rods 128,464 40,042 Structural Shapes Heavy 30,544 11,101 Steel Piling 18,830 10,462 Plates Cut Lengths 45,577 14,739 Plates In Coils 78,073 23,493 Rails Standard 17,009 7,950 Rails All Other 1,565 748 Railroad Accessories 431 307 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,968 26,299 Bars - Light Shaped 12,099 4,031 Bars - Reinforcing 55,204 13,207 Bars - Cold Finished 11,637 7,986 Standard Pipe 75,678 36,335 Oil Country Goods 27,883 16,117 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 36,330 20,904 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18,647 9,282 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,309 3,881 Mechanical Tubing 35,300 22,435 Pressure Tubing 3,915 3,882 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,147 1,469 Structural Pipe & Tube 22,356 11,290 Pipe For Piling 498 244 Wire Drawn 48,043 30,834 Black Plate 9,046 5,167 Tin Plate 17,033 9,787 Tin Free Steel 10,482 5,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 348,223 113,764 Sheets Cold Rolled 183,918 72,421 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 224,696 114,933 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,486 4,714 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,633 18,153 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,627 4,200 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,840 8,808 ______________________________________________________________ December 2001 November 2001 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 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 December 2002 (CB-02-165)