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 August 2003 August 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 11,590,834 4,701,242 15,817,859 5,136,894 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,954 2,160 3,306 4,675 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,209,470 548,934 4,516,160 828,144 Wire Rods 1,259,466 369,217 1,768,279 490,463 Structural Shapes Heavy 242,454 90,244 407,925 130,071 Steel Piling 56,687 31,727 99,566 53,452 Plates Cut Lengths 208,842 68,987 304,061 95,833 Plates In Coils 283,993 90,967 476,070 132,700 Rails Standard 90,652 42,151 129,254 58,223 Rails All Other 11,797 6,066 10,010 5,077 Railroad Accessories 6,212 3,821 9,092 6,422 Bars - Hot Rolled 515,117 215,784 507,874 186,384 Bars - Light Shaped 98,360 43,003 92,742 30,587 Bars - Reinforcing 595,974 161,445 950,538 202,330 Bars - Cold Finished 98,801 66,640 103,888 67,695 Standard Pipe 594,471 297,067 674,023 307,724 Oil Country Goods 294,593 154,468 196,086 104,300 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 240,196 139,115 327,810 191,854 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 210,372 124,369 158,635 82,719 Line Pipe - Not Specified 115,976 49,555 78,418 27,919 Mechanical Tubing 249,379 171,909 263,509 170,709 Pressure Tubing 29,009 21,420 29,794 26,166 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,774 11,454 11,222 12,420 Structural Pipe & Tube 239,929 117,423 224,734 107,844 Pipe For Piling 6,447 3,522 11,554 4,827 Wire Drawn 377,758 246,828 375,008 242,533 Black Plate 31,106 21,507 68,319 34,730 Tin Plate 186,388 113,130 182,294 101,833 Tin Free Steel 48,771 29,904 74,788 44,382 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,442,934 466,515 1,762,848 483,171 Sheets Cold Rolled 600,237 255,434 782,977 268,890 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 843,828 468,162 837,202 400,668 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 66,148 32,377 76,839 32,866 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 200,357 146,822 193,068 120,211 Strip - Hot Rolled 60,261 24,794 51,815 19,641 Strip - Cold Rolled 59,122 64,319 58,149 59,434 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 September 2003 (CB-03-167)