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 October 2003 October 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,389,911 5,813,297 20,769,076 6,872,807 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,165 2,292 3,397 4,725 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,777,709 681,502 5,788,475 1,132,018 Wire Rods 1,618,043 477,086 2,577,903 706,205 Structural Shapes Heavy 302,808 115,218 494,719 158,748 Steel Piling 76,277 41,838 119,322 64,432 Plates Cut Lengths 256,821 84,949 409,344 127,870 Plates In Coils 344,010 110,169 609,549 172,888 Rails Standard 93,868 43,656 151,117 71,327 Rails All Other 14,186 7,302 11,950 6,194 Railroad Accessories 6,819 4,343 11,627 7,800 Bars - Hot Rolled 621,353 262,508 665,465 245,337 Bars - Light Shaped 127,662 55,406 116,796 39,051 Bars - Reinforcing 817,052 223,208 1,074,921 231,528 Bars - Cold Finished 119,771 81,117 131,906 85,291 Standard Pipe 745,939 375,216 833,301 388,768 Oil Country Goods 399,969 209,353 266,985 141,970 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 282,856 161,630 414,726 240,074 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 250,676 147,330 201,109 106,444 Line Pipe - Not Specified 137,894 58,388 111,922 40,742 Mechanical Tubing 323,985 222,824 329,230 216,554 Pressure Tubing 36,261 29,186 38,326 33,361 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,748 15,513 13,912 15,592 Structural Pipe & Tube 294,154 144,434 273,394 133,469 Pipe For Piling 7,402 4,168 12,361 5,223 Wire Drawn 471,653 307,261 471,170 304,541 Black Plate 37,451 25,747 77,618 39,997 Tin Plate 235,646 143,552 217,993 122,286 Tin Free Steel 60,839 37,351 89,077 52,520 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,735,802 557,362 2,564,148 734,222 Sheets Cold Rolled 714,683 304,076 1,028,214 366,565 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 998,704 556,200 1,169,526 572,512 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 73,676 36,216 100,119 43,819 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 242,698 178,198 246,172 156,490 Strip - Hot Rolled 71,681 29,593 67,152 26,724 Strip - Cold Rolled 72,650 79,104 76,130 77,523 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 November 2003 (CB-03-196)