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 January 2004 January 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,801,037 702,839 1,935,566 744,566 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8 4 1 24 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 509,617 130,718 398,829 100,325 Wire Rods 263,890 82,043 149,765 43,234 Structural Shapes Heavy 32,828 13,412 41,849 14,032 Steel Piling 3,807 2,009 7,573 4,347 Plates Cut Lengths 25,955 9,405 37,231 12,094 Plates In Coils 38,842 12,607 87,176 27,122 Rails Standard 15,277 8,061 16,398 8,111 Rails All Other 860 504 1,353 641 Railroad Accessories 486 320 1,009 566 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,744 32,337 79,977 31,610 Bars - Light Shaped 11,810 5,417 15,118 7,247 Bars - Reinforcing 83,140 25,979 89,805 21,557 Bars - Cold Finished 12,620 9,826 12,952 8,624 Standard Pipe 75,167 38,561 62,723 31,951 Oil Country Goods 70,868 37,368 22,418 12,859 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,304 15,180 48,964 27,449 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 25,444 13,513 31,678 17,050 Line Pipe - Not Specified 19,113 7,521 11,974 4,192 Mechanical Tubing 34,908 24,846 37,247 23,784 Pressure Tubing 3,231 3,162 3,586 3,438 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 890 1,562 1,065 1,147 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,032 19,160 33,882 16,356 Pipe For Piling 176 169 334 222 Wire Drawn 50,783 34,421 48,594 31,721 Black Plate 4,145 2,345 6,761 3,777 Tin Plate 16,768 10,514 18,010 10,162 Tin Free Steel 6,761 4,366 4,776 2,791 Sheets Hot Rolled 197,473 65,991 308,084 100,374 Sheets Cold Rolled 64,645 27,768 127,436 50,837 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 62,176 37,012 186,709 96,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,131 1,162 4,439 2,061 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,575 16,167 22,422 17,091 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,396 2,465 7,468 3,250 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,168 6,944 7,960 8,501 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 February 2004 (CB-04-46)