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 July 2003 July 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,300,489 4,174,314 13,694,777 4,395,511 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,941 2,154 3,234 4,642 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,970,326 491,048 3,898,014 687,206 Wire Rods 1,109,591 323,613 1,578,544 434,382 Structural Shapes Heavy 213,979 78,860 343,472 110,403 Steel Piling 49,542 27,850 84,245 45,077 Plates Cut Lengths 186,196 61,560 252,782 80,094 Plates In Coils 259,977 83,220 408,014 111,320 Rails Standard 79,521 36,767 128,698 57,978 Rails All Other 10,312 5,306 8,928 4,543 Railroad Accessories 5,235 3,156 7,808 5,738 Bars - Hot Rolled 454,129 190,001 434,108 159,887 Bars - Light Shaped 82,366 36,241 81,345 26,963 Bars - Reinforcing 485,029 129,455 844,540 177,221 Bars - Cold Finished 89,441 59,800 91,891 60,147 Standard Pipe 518,128 258,791 588,094 267,152 Oil Country Goods 255,126 133,936 182,354 97,015 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 210,219 118,839 294,835 173,752 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 193,217 113,511 128,005 68,127 Line Pipe - Not Specified 103,805 44,367 47,975 16,633 Mechanical Tubing 221,180 153,353 227,810 146,181 Pressure Tubing 25,665 18,667 26,166 22,815 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,748 9,812 9,976 11,104 Structural Pipe & Tube 204,044 100,365 199,166 94,499 Pipe For Piling 4,450 2,508 11,067 4,632 Wire Drawn 337,785 219,709 325,460 210,723 Black Plate 27,979 18,772 62,592 31,274 Tin Plate 166,199 100,690 166,287 92,490 Tin Free Steel 44,148 26,991 65,793 39,168 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,313,277 425,548 1,498,295 400,908 Sheets Cold Rolled 551,236 234,463 669,618 225,677 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 776,852 430,015 710,064 334,304 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 56,309 27,722 67,302 28,566 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 176,322 129,168 151,814 96,076 Strip - Hot Rolled 52,294 21,573 45,497 16,862 Strip - Cold Rolled 51,920 56,483 50,987 51,956 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 August 2003 (CB-03-148)