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 November 2003 November 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,770,755 6,367,442 22,906,276 7,680,570 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,165 2,292 3,415 4,740 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,143,916 772,799 6,332,162 1,264,859 Wire Rods 1,788,013 528,155 2,706,367 746,247 Structural Shapes Heavy 337,044 128,866 525,263 169,849 Steel Piling 84,313 46,176 138,152 74,894 Plates Cut Lengths 271,651 90,584 454,921 142,609 Plates In Coils 373,719 120,306 687,622 196,380 Rails Standard 107,208 50,114 168,125 79,277 Rails All Other 15,131 7,938 13,516 6,942 Railroad Accessories 7,861 5,060 12,058 8,107 Bars - Hot Rolled 679,093 286,994 730,433 271,635 Bars - Light Shaped 140,933 61,181 128,895 43,082 Bars - Reinforcing 886,528 243,668 1,130,125 244,735 Bars - Cold Finished 131,456 89,365 143,543 93,278 Standard Pipe 824,494 414,091 908,979 425,103 Oil Country Goods 439,741 229,162 294,868 158,087 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 300,607 172,184 451,057 260,977 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 268,713 159,852 219,755 115,726 Line Pipe - Not Specified 149,807 63,052 123,231 44,624 Mechanical Tubing 359,435 246,196 364,530 238,989 Pressure Tubing 38,947 31,719 42,241 37,242 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,236 18,338 15,058 17,061 Structural Pipe & Tube 322,344 159,571 295,750 144,759 Pipe For Piling 7,670 4,330 12,859 5,467 Wire Drawn 515,657 336,610 519,213 335,375 Black Plate 39,877 27,129 86,665 45,164 Tin Plate 266,086 162,350 235,026 132,073 Tin Free Steel 69,325 42,403 99,559 58,442 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,826,212 587,440 2,912,371 847,986 Sheets Cold Rolled 782,340 331,045 1,212,132 438,986 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,074,920 599,089 1,394,222 687,445 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 76,915 37,905 109,605 48,533 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 263,100 193,075 272,805 174,643 Strip - Hot Rolled 78,732 32,574 76,779 30,924 Strip - Cold Rolled 78,565 85,829 84,970 86,331 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 December 2003 (CB-04-11)