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 December 2003 December 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,035,748 6,882,231 25,161,170 8,483,787 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,187 2,304 3,440 4,754 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,445,477 847,286 6,793,549 1,377,478 Wire Rods 1,935,617 575,408 3,117,663 857,688 Structural Shapes Heavy 386,199 147,364 568,720 183,936 Steel Piling 91,134 50,003 144,532 78,514 Plates Cut Lengths 284,499 95,320 500,082 156,863 Plates In Coils 400,931 129,622 747,133 214,697 Rails Standard 122,777 57,707 187,441 87,749 Rails All Other 15,944 8,364 14,289 7,345 Railroad Accessories 8,755 5,611 13,065 9,001 Bars - Hot Rolled 750,957 318,335 785,701 295,072 Bars - Light Shaped 152,366 65,994 136,152 45,878 Bars - Reinforcing 924,437 255,670 1,157,753 251,317 Bars - Cold Finished 142,510 97,400 155,462 100,998 Standard Pipe 885,067 445,377 977,376 457,403 Oil Country Goods 461,408 240,686 307,111 165,209 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 315,330 178,947 481,488 278,336 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 286,281 169,472 235,587 124,394 Line Pipe - Not Specified 162,652 67,846 129,656 46,836 Mechanical Tubing 389,781 268,447 388,868 256,792 Pressure Tubing 42,576 35,159 45,644 41,664 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,182 20,048 15,973 18,235 Structural Pipe & Tube 348,271 175,170 322,795 157,676 Pipe For Piling 7,840 4,428 13,212 5,663 Wire Drawn 561,235 366,124 563,428 363,740 Black Plate 42,480 28,781 89,675 47,183 Tin Plate 282,021 172,662 253,792 142,770 Tin Free Steel 74,457 45,505 104,869 61,232 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,968,200 633,749 3,407,861 1,005,505 Sheets Cold Rolled 846,659 359,080 1,360,442 499,129 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,148,537 641,164 1,540,658 765,067 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 79,750 39,564 122,681 54,683 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 282,021 206,304 299,503 191,871 Strip - Hot Rolled 83,247 34,710 81,359 33,022 Strip - Cold Rolled 84,960 92,620 94,206 96,087 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 January 2004 (CB-04-28)