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 June 2004 June 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 11,913,544 5,885,968 8,810,205 3,579,200 Ingots And Steel For Castings 598 1,754 77 70 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,665,535 904,970 1,627,788 408,299 Wire Rods 1,657,168 655,635 940,356 273,372 Structural Shapes Heavy 261,746 121,631 183,084 65,686 Steel Piling 62,585 36,999 39,990 22,761 Plates Cut Lengths 182,951 84,521 158,180 52,127 Plates In Coils 287,813 125,056 232,831 74,664 Rails Standard 90,432 44,536 79,217 36,616 Rails All Other 8,049 4,689 9,122 4,522 Railroad Accessories 3,776 2,341 5,093 3,028 Bars - Hot Rolled 390,042 204,419 398,927 165,601 Bars - Light Shaped 93,136 50,772 70,888 31,534 Bars - Reinforcing 800,096 364,353 373,099 97,683 Bars - Cold Finished 83,633 72,211 78,880 52,255 Standard Pipe 537,615 341,023 434,084 217,746 Oil Country Goods 318,336 196,788 206,934 108,901 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 118,890 68,198 183,361 100,673 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 129,787 75,642 155,187 92,200 Line Pipe - Not Specified 94,379 42,647 82,681 33,704 Mechanical Tubing 216,304 187,386 190,954 132,416 Pressure Tubing 33,067 27,066 19,229 15,088 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,549 8,729 6,739 8,384 Structural Pipe & Tube 223,529 167,358 179,784 88,079 Pipe For Piling 2,702 1,981 3,877 2,136 Wire Drawn 358,283 273,039 292,342 190,226 Black Plate 26,908 17,027 24,813 16,692 Tin Plate 128,526 81,377 141,985 85,484 Tin Free Steel 45,624 31,929 38,266 23,188 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,407,060 603,928 1,162,789 378,909 Sheets Cold Rolled 595,866 321,082 505,279 213,959 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 814,360 553,996 695,467 381,174 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 31,677 18,190 49,950 24,760 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 149,846 119,022 149,304 110,082 Strip - Hot Rolled 45,080 24,635 44,717 18,679 Strip - Cold Rolled 43,594 51,036 44,930 48,503 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 July 2004 (CB-04-139)