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 December 2002 December 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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: Preliminary January 2003 (CB-03-39)