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 May 2003 May 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 7,596,879 3,055,680 9,094,753 2,935,776 Ingots And Steel For Castings 30 37 3,088 4,547 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,459,443 363,549 2,477,704 409,863 Wire Rods 788,213 226,144 960,700 270,274 Structural Shapes Heavy 154,643 55,062 250,413 79,210 Steel Piling 30,774 17,379 55,649 29,345 Plates Cut Lengths 140,505 46,352 210,423 66,415 Plates In Coils 208,861 66,959 257,972 68,543 Rails Standard 68,952 32,526 92,369 41,464 Rails All Other 7,457 3,709 5,553 3,040 Railroad Accessories 4,916 2,889 4,290 2,891 Bars - Hot Rolled 331,191 138,402 289,517 107,540 Bars - Light Shaped 56,785 25,635 60,852 19,504 Bars - Reinforcing 279,647 71,262 569,427 116,057 Bars - Cold Finished 64,247 43,075 66,335 44,320 Standard Pipe 368,583 183,972 418,025 188,589 Oil Country Goods 163,342 86,078 131,435 71,448 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 172,665 94,749 240,969 140,486 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 114,172 61,240 85,984 43,600 Line Pipe - Not Specified 63,914 24,860 34,597 11,798 Mechanical Tubing 160,929 111,810 146,706 96,764 Pressure Tubing 15,712 12,629 17,517 16,241 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,473 6,848 7,124 7,975 Structural Pipe & Tube 155,216 75,550 139,899 64,101 Pipe For Piling 3,196 1,728 9,624 4,087 Wire Drawn 246,654 159,710 224,390 146,398 Black Plate 21,483 14,068 50,156 23,990 Tin Plate 116,199 69,661 138,318 76,698 Tin Free Steel 31,834 19,034 51,641 30,878 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,039,899 338,444 873,128 223,393 Sheets Cold Rolled 450,440 190,195 501,697 161,761 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 630,444 342,427 486,074 225,294 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 38,832 19,441 52,557 22,125 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 128,240 94,209 111,129 68,307 Strip - Hot Rolled 35,674 14,909 32,839 11,986 Strip - Cold Rolled 38,310 41,137 36,652 36,846 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 June 2003 (CB-03-115)