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 September 2004 September 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,141,345 10,924,666 12,981,923 5,251,082 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,641 4,581 6,958 2,165 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,272,337 1,612,654 2,484,281 611,509 Wire Rods 2,622,978 1,159,364 1,458,298 427,365 Structural Shapes Heavy 365,183 184,811 273,156 102,018 Steel Piling 92,298 57,700 66,938 37,061 Plates Cut Lengths 359,357 193,152 229,635 75,753 Plates In Coils 608,132 309,535 318,675 101,764 Rails Standard 120,471 60,071 91,936 42,717 Rails All Other 14,477 9,445 12,641 6,446 Railroad Accessories 5,915 3,764 6,616 4,136 Bars - Hot Rolled 620,220 350,615 559,047 236,544 Bars - Light Shaped 144,593 80,333 114,573 49,082 Bars - Reinforcing 1,383,428 657,378 678,318 184,443 Bars - Cold Finished 130,564 122,944 108,329 73,359 Standard Pipe 885,275 601,239 674,602 338,550 Oil Country Goods 518,208 356,703 344,628 180,168 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 187,837 111,212 268,011 154,955 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 209,357 131,856 233,460 138,041 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145,357 74,141 129,826 54,996 Mechanical Tubing 330,936 306,509 284,002 196,398 Pressure Tubing 48,161 42,418 31,716 23,886 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,592 14,242 10,632 13,630 Structural Pipe & Tube 350,560 285,443 266,344 129,986 Pipe For Piling 5,395 3,828 7,104 3,951 Wire Drawn 545,224 440,406 422,899 275,942 Black Plate 39,210 25,846 34,235 23,508 Tin Plate 223,755 143,557 206,176 125,337 Tin Free Steel 70,829 49,438 54,665 33,574 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,598,057 1,282,327 1,606,169 516,587 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,136,832 672,783 650,346 277,482 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,627,189 1,188,114 920,665 512,388 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 50,230 31,627 70,916 34,611 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 277,344 232,187 223,077 163,264 Strip - Hot Rolled 67,033 39,023 66,840 27,471 Strip - Cold Rolled 71,369 85,419 66,211 71,995 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 Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary October 2004 (CB-04-213)