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 February 2004 February 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,258,231 1,319,706 3,163,187 1,267,976 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16 8 15 28 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 810,064 208,947 578,767 144,758 Wire Rods 464,600 149,520 220,332 66,607 Structural Shapes Heavy 86,729 34,042 65,404 21,919 Steel Piling 10,431 5,992 13,699 7,782 Plates Cut Lengths 53,034 18,989 59,286 19,406 Plates In Coils 63,649 21,295 114,519 36,056 Rails Standard 28,614 15,345 30,541 15,489 Rails All Other 1,847 1,011 2,141 1,116 Railroad Accessories 1,239 631 2,309 1,211 Bars - Hot Rolled 126,977 59,223 135,396 55,740 Bars - Light Shaped 26,161 13,028 26,785 12,342 Bars - Reinforcing 184,738 56,976 138,637 33,187 Bars - Cold Finished 26,201 19,798 27,830 17,819 Standard Pipe 151,810 80,098 150,041 73,300 Oil Country Goods 104,189 54,477 54,648 29,785 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,581 20,677 70,686 42,350 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 45,849 23,597 48,153 25,834 Line Pipe - Not Specified 35,008 14,031 18,992 6,850 Mechanical Tubing 76,213 55,499 61,691 41,791 Pressure Tubing 10,579 8,388 5,392 5,133 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,577 2,929 1,818 2,227 Structural Pipe & Tube 71,433 42,689 58,343 28,510 Pipe For Piling 497 382 564 367 Wire Drawn 100,208 69,299 91,840 60,313 Black Plate 10,636 5,925 10,642 6,121 Tin Plate 32,321 20,209 40,223 23,214 Tin Free Steel 13,376 9,268 11,790 6,894 Sheets Hot Rolled 359,819 122,419 497,008 163,267 Sheets Cold Rolled 123,695 54,994 224,016 91,292 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 126,102 76,062 300,847 157,353 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,548 3,236 14,544 7,267 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,017 30,976 55,981 40,097 Strip - Hot Rolled 11,412 5,386 15,114 6,418 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,063 14,359 15,196 16,133 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 March 2004 (CB-04-62)