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 March 2003 March 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,877,147 1,923,294 6,221,104 1,921,323 Ingots And Steel For Castings 28 34 2,836 4,402 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 936,770 231,104 1,792,252 285,372 Wire Rods 524,160 146,696 566,577 159,383 Structural Shapes Heavy 96,447 32,210 151,792 46,684 Steel Piling 21,943 12,402 27,333 14,133 Plates Cut Lengths 105,341 34,366 177,006 55,379 Plates In Coils 146,562 46,657 158,660 39,747 Rails Standard 50,815 24,684 55,687 25,780 Rails All Other 3,899 2,057 3,014 1,512 Railroad Accessories 3,192 1,820 2,260 1,644 Bars - Hot Rolled 194,892 82,072 175,554 65,787 Bars - Light Shaped 36,785 16,706 39,332 12,028 Bars - Reinforcing 211,352 50,644 430,839 87,502 Bars - Cold Finished 39,908 26,424 44,918 29,822 Standard Pipe 213,278 107,628 287,257 120,597 Oil Country Goods 77,627 42,786 83,632 43,060 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 88,899 50,607 160,644 90,010 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 73,140 39,226 43,115 20,242 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,289 11,480 18,538 6,788 Mechanical Tubing 95,203 65,996 85,266 54,951 Pressure Tubing 9,056 7,688 9,837 8,955 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,760 3,800 4,174 4,868 Structural Pipe & Tube 90,026 43,494 88,781 38,352 Pipe For Piling 998 630 7,250 3,044 Wire Drawn 145,381 94,376 128,017 84,132 Black Plate 15,552 9,777 43,665 18,774 Tin Plate 64,594 38,253 108,840 59,899 Tin Free Steel 18,447 10,951 36,863 22,347 Sheets Hot Rolled 689,453 227,022 594,554 147,019 Sheets Cold Rolled 309,795 129,321 378,717 116,797 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 432,260 227,268 349,236 156,775 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 23,014 11,736 43,137 18,065 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 81,310 59,820 84,205 49,060 Strip - Hot Rolled 21,261 9,086 15,860 5,803 Strip - Cold Rolled 22,711 24,476 21,456 22,612 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. 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 April 2003 (CB-03-82)