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 October 2004 October 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 22,924,903 12,661,109 14,389,911 5,813,297 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,717 4,629 7,165 2,292 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,893,677 1,903,293 2,777,709 681,502 Wire Rods 2,920,064 1,315,403 1,618,043 477,086 Structural Shapes Heavy 397,181 207,087 302,808 115,218 Steel Piling 98,986 62,956 76,277 41,838 Plates Cut Lengths 396,536 217,764 256,821 84,949 Plates In Coils 728,023 381,851 344,010 110,169 Rails Standard 125,545 65,141 93,868 43,656 Rails All Other 15,026 9,855 14,186 7,302 Railroad Accessories 6,528 3,990 6,819 4,343 Bars - Hot Rolled 695,819 405,345 621,353 262,508 Bars - Light Shaped 165,593 91,966 127,662 55,406 Bars - Reinforcing 1,546,875 736,290 817,052 223,208 Bars - Cold Finished 145,399 139,486 119,771 81,117 Standard Pipe 985,677 679,275 745,939 375,216 Oil Country Goods 578,649 407,135 399,969 209,353 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 241,234 144,949 282,856 161,630 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 237,631 153,721 250,676 147,330 Line Pipe - Not Specified 159,385 83,097 137,894 58,388 Mechanical Tubing 366,810 345,405 323,985 222,824 Pressure Tubing 51,930 46,870 36,261 29,186 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,657 16,451 11,748 15,513 Structural Pipe & Tube 395,962 327,436 294,154 144,434 Pipe For Piling 5,597 4,025 7,402 4,168 Wire Drawn 603,166 496,198 471,653 307,261 Black Plate 43,322 29,176 37,451 25,747 Tin Plate 249,459 160,642 235,646 143,552 Tin Free Steel 84,280 58,879 60,839 37,351 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,011,611 1,527,371 1,735,802 557,362 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,367,324 820,679 714,683 304,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,862,885 1,365,238 998,704 556,200 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 54,701 35,086 73,676 36,216 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 321,760 274,161 242,698 178,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 73,870 43,806 71,681 29,593 Strip - Cold Rolled 80,027 96,454 72,650 79,104 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 November 2004 (CB-04-213)