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 May 2004 May 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,320,477 4,401,442 7,596,879 3,055,680 Ingots And Steel For Castings 571 1,738 30 37 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,105,669 666,863 1,459,443 363,549 Wire Rods 1,347,735 504,280 788,213 226,144 Structural Shapes Heavy 215,296 97,889 154,643 55,062 Steel Piling 46,293 26,533 30,774 17,379 Plates Cut Lengths 145,585 63,027 140,505 46,352 Plates In Coils 207,103 82,659 208,861 66,959 Rails Standard 87,380 43,174 68,952 32,526 Rails All Other 7,282 4,144 7,457 3,709 Railroad Accessories 3,079 1,827 4,916 2,889 Bars - Hot Rolled 318,063 163,428 331,191 138,402 Bars - Light Shaped 82,047 44,212 56,785 25,635 Bars - Reinforcing 593,652 256,181 279,647 71,262 Bars - Cold Finished 67,297 55,956 64,247 43,075 Standard Pipe 428,938 262,802 368,583 183,972 Oil Country Goods 255,602 151,030 163,342 86,078 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 98,120 54,608 172,665 94,749 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 106,161 59,877 114,172 61,240 Line Pipe - Not Specified 86,691 38,190 63,914 24,860 Mechanical Tubing 180,565 150,832 160,929 111,810 Pressure Tubing 29,626 23,493 15,712 12,629 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,768 7,270 5,473 6,848 Structural Pipe & Tube 182,794 131,488 155,216 75,550 Pipe For Piling 1,717 1,248 3,196 1,728 Wire Drawn 290,501 216,185 246,654 159,710 Black Plate 19,327 11,975 21,483 14,068 Tin Plate 101,331 64,400 116,199 69,661 Tin Free Steel 37,974 26,546 31,834 19,034 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,054,542 422,450 1,039,899 338,444 Sheets Cold Rolled 419,549 214,227 450,440 190,195 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 591,870 393,243 630,444 342,427 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,627 11,763 38,832 19,441 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 111,445 87,430 128,240 94,209 Strip - Hot Rolled 36,261 19,118 35,674 14,909 Strip - Cold Rolled 35,016 41,354 38,310 41,137 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 June 2004 (CB-04-118)