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 March 2004 March 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,080,371 2,152,589 4,877,147 1,923,294 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24 13 28 34 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,184,076 315,434 936,770 231,104 Wire Rods 814,104 272,076 524,160 146,696 Structural Shapes Heavy 125,202 52,679 96,447 32,210 Steel Piling 20,553 11,800 21,943 12,402 Plates Cut Lengths 85,017 31,163 105,341 34,366 Plates In Coils 89,816 32,134 146,562 46,657 Rails Standard 47,309 24,108 50,815 24,684 Rails All Other 3,602 1,955 3,899 2,057 Railroad Accessories 1,992 1,112 3,192 1,820 Bars - Hot Rolled 183,525 88,346 194,892 82,072 Bars - Light Shaped 54,189 28,614 36,785 16,706 Bars - Reinforcing 265,670 88,746 211,352 50,644 Bars - Cold Finished 39,321 30,489 39,908 26,424 Standard Pipe 223,887 127,797 213,278 107,628 Oil Country Goods 140,963 76,789 77,627 42,786 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 57,587 33,278 88,899 50,607 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 66,851 35,379 73,140 39,226 Line Pipe - Not Specified 52,637 22,458 30,289 11,480 Mechanical Tubing 108,229 84,416 95,203 65,996 Pressure Tubing 17,016 13,430 9,056 7,688 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,232 4,327 2,760 3,800 Structural Pipe & Tube 107,569 70,802 90,026 43,494 Pipe For Piling 990 724 998 630 Wire Drawn 160,929 113,549 145,381 94,376 Black Plate 13,301 7,747 15,552 9,777 Tin Plate 48,369 30,503 64,594 38,253 Tin Free Steel 21,173 14,930 18,447 10,951 Sheets Hot Rolled 577,014 204,236 689,453 227,022 Sheets Cold Rolled 192,147 88,309 309,795 129,321 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 261,460 158,963 432,260 227,268 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,078 6,889 23,014 11,736 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 61,013 46,768 81,310 59,820 Strip - Hot Rolled 19,059 9,488 21,261 9,086 Strip - Cold Rolled 20,471 23,138 22,711 24,476 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 April 2004 (CB-04-76)