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 July 2004 July 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,403,689 7,369,713 10,300,489 4,174,314 Ingots And Steel For Castings 627 1,769 6,941 2,154 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,086,938 1,065,859 1,970,326 491,048 Wire Rods 1,948,976 806,072 1,109,591 323,613 Structural Shapes Heavy 297,756 140,857 213,979 78,860 Steel Piling 67,738 40,702 49,542 27,850 Plates Cut Lengths 251,868 124,747 186,196 61,560 Plates In Coils 364,181 168,974 259,977 83,220 Rails Standard 102,927 51,315 79,521 36,767 Rails All Other 10,192 6,193 10,312 5,306 Railroad Accessories 4,450 2,920 5,235 3,156 Bars - Hot Rolled 472,964 253,210 454,129 190,001 Bars - Light Shaped 110,443 60,647 82,366 36,241 Bars - Reinforcing 990,680 455,945 485,029 129,455 Bars - Cold Finished 99,105 88,722 89,441 59,800 Standard Pipe 641,082 416,059 518,128 258,791 Oil Country Goods 378,463 244,405 255,126 133,936 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 141,175 81,190 210,219 118,839 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 158,514 96,542 193,217 113,511 Line Pipe - Not Specified 108,844 50,916 103,805 44,367 Mechanical Tubing 254,826 225,260 221,180 153,353 Pressure Tubing 37,418 31,210 25,665 18,667 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,506 10,528 7,748 9,812 Structural Pipe & Tube 262,325 201,731 204,044 100,365 Pipe For Piling 3,857 2,789 4,450 2,508 Wire Drawn 416,990 325,754 337,785 219,709 Black Plate 29,615 18,951 27,979 18,772 Tin Plate 161,228 102,158 166,199 100,690 Tin Free Steel 55,361 38,607 44,148 26,991 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,769,065 804,271 1,313,277 425,548 Sheets Cold Rolled 760,210 428,442 551,236 234,463 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,087,237 762,475 776,852 430,015 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 38,406 23,039 56,309 27,722 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 179,295 145,273 176,322 129,168 Strip - Hot Rolled 52,922 29,665 52,294 21,573 Strip - Cold Rolled 52,507 62,519 51,920 56,483 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 August 2004 (CB-04-164)