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 April 2004 April 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,995,789 3,132,659 6,205,995 2,474,478 Ingots And Steel For Castings 69 47 28 34 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,516,778 427,337 1,172,117 287,719 Wire Rods 1,097,145 387,704 671,985 191,784 Structural Shapes Heavy 160,194 71,417 126,710 43,191 Steel Piling 37,023 20,690 25,022 14,003 Plates Cut Lengths 117,000 47,649 126,096 41,245 Plates In Coils 155,493 58,256 179,877 57,546 Rails Standard 71,447 35,376 62,149 29,433 Rails All Other 5,377 2,920 5,582 2,732 Railroad Accessories 2,845 1,657 3,865 2,280 Bars - Hot Rolled 254,252 127,575 246,929 105,026 Bars - Light Shaped 67,770 36,397 46,557 21,257 Bars - Reinforcing 432,423 164,191 241,987 58,999 Bars - Cold Finished 53,609 43,506 51,538 34,432 Standard Pipe 333,025 197,243 289,909 144,620 Oil Country Goods 204,138 115,701 114,812 62,011 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 75,921 43,304 126,401 69,462 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 85,819 46,488 87,735 46,418 Line Pipe - Not Specified 66,175 28,870 43,164 16,225 Mechanical Tubing 145,145 117,101 127,663 88,673 Pressure Tubing 25,342 19,172 11,866 9,893 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,027 5,822 4,312 5,478 Structural Pipe & Tube 143,832 100,550 128,198 62,199 Pipe For Piling 1,509 1,072 1,404 870 Wire Drawn 223,963 162,445 197,422 127,743 Black Plate 16,877 10,055 18,127 11,836 Tin Plate 66,595 42,171 86,348 51,733 Tin Free Steel 27,806 19,800 26,318 15,626 Sheets Hot Rolled 771,219 284,836 864,928 283,483 Sheets Cold Rolled 250,649 120,327 381,963 160,895 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 425,814 272,001 542,008 290,173 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,896 10,072 30,603 15,350 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 84,191 65,705 104,107 77,568 Strip - Hot Rolled 27,499 14,135 27,597 11,615 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,923 31,068 30,664 32,928 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 May 2004 (CB-04-100)