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 September 2003 September 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,981,923 5,251,082 18,421,165 6,030,111 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,958 2,165 3,348 4,694 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,484,281 611,509 5,051,008 953,784 Wire Rods 1,458,298 427,365 2,365,578 643,274 Structural Shapes Heavy 273,156 102,018 458,546 146,256 Steel Piling 66,938 37,061 110,542 59,445 Plates Cut Lengths 229,635 75,753 366,338 115,019 Plates In Coils 318,675 101,764 538,468 151,642 Rails Standard 91,936 42,717 145,679 69,173 Rails All Other 12,641 6,446 10,667 5,516 Railroad Accessories 6,616 4,136 10,434 7,169 Bars - Hot Rolled 559,047 236,544 576,380 211,664 Bars - Light Shaped 114,573 49,082 102,955 34,354 Bars - Reinforcing 678,318 184,443 1,033,402 221,701 Bars - Cold Finished 108,329 73,359 117,065 75,836 Standard Pipe 674,602 338,550 739,425 343,568 Oil Country Goods 344,628 180,168 225,841 121,876 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 268,011 154,955 377,901 221,407 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 233,460 138,041 178,951 95,618 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,826 54,996 99,271 36,199 Mechanical Tubing 284,002 196,398 290,511 190,685 Pressure Tubing 31,716 23,886 33,820 29,745 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,632 13,630 12,660 13,961 Structural Pipe & Tube 266,344 129,986 249,147 120,766 Pipe For Piling 7,104 3,951 11,818 4,957 Wire Drawn 422,899 275,942 423,115 273,048 Black Plate 34,235 23,508 72,234 36,989 Tin Plate 206,176 125,337 199,392 111,632 Tin Free Steel 54,665 33,574 82,870 49,122 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,606,169 516,587 2,203,488 617,976 Sheets Cold Rolled 650,346 277,482 909,319 317,637 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 920,665 512,388 985,330 476,729 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 70,916 34,611 90,633 39,250 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 223,077 163,264 220,064 138,649 Strip - Hot Rolled 66,840 27,471 58,427 22,882 Strip - Cold Rolled 66,211 71,995 66,538 67,890 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 October 2003 (CB-03-183)