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 November 2002 November 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 22,906,276 7,680,570 21,359,458 7,160,362 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,415 4,740 7,085 8,274 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,332,162 1,264,859 4,683,032 848,806 Wire Rods 2,706,367 746,247 2,451,213 657,165 Structural Shapes Heavy 525,263 169,849 660,400 225,166 Steel Piling 138,152 74,894 132,765 72,419 Plates Cut Lengths 454,921 142,609 531,246 158,934 Plates In Coils 687,622 196,380 507,861 126,572 Rails Standard 168,125 79,277 159,712 76,101 Rails All Other 13,516 6,942 18,603 10,609 Railroad Accessories 12,058 8,107 10,386 6,294 Bars - Hot Rolled 730,433 271,635 578,214 215,237 Bars - Light Shaped 128,895 43,082 127,442 42,102 Bars - Reinforcing 1,130,125 244,735 1,550,283 340,013 Bars - Cold Finished 143,543 93,278 155,960 104,129 Standard Pipe 908,979 425,103 949,855 417,902 Oil Country Goods 294,868 158,087 613,305 294,064 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 451,057 260,977 735,597 384,303 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 219,755 115,726 225,703 131,364 Line Pipe - Not Specified 123,231 44,624 79,936 35,402 Mechanical Tubing 364,530 238,989 305,558 212,861 Pressure Tubing 42,241 37,242 32,918 30,041 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 15,058 17,061 20,688 25,707 Structural Pipe & Tube 295,750 144,759 372,254 168,059 Pipe For Piling 12,859 5,467 13,645 5,121 Wire Drawn 519,213 335,375 480,739 334,740 Black Plate 86,665 45,164 121,845 64,610 Tin Plate 235,026 132,073 314,560 183,285 Tin Free Steel 99,559 58,442 137,006 88,674 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,912,371 847,986 1,931,431 497,856 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,212,132 438,986 2,033,698 644,424 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,394,222 687,445 959,568 445,770 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 109,605 48,533 110,713 50,672 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 272,805 174,643 212,302 137,318 Strip - Hot Rolled 76,779 30,924 46,228 19,930 Strip - Cold Rolled 84,970 86,331 87,711 96,439 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)