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 November 2004 November 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 25,658,652 14,387,024 15,770,755 6,367,442 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,764 4,651 7,165 2,292 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,537,975 2,210,303 3,143,916 772,799 Wire Rods 3,118,319 1,422,578 1,788,013 528,155 Structural Shapes Heavy 425,131 225,685 337,044 128,866 Steel Piling 101,894 65,378 84,313 46,176 Plates Cut Lengths 442,667 247,976 271,651 90,584 Plates In Coils 849,506 454,915 373,719 120,306 Rails Standard 136,981 73,103 107,208 50,114 Rails All Other 16,864 11,239 15,131 7,938 Railroad Accessories 6,934 4,294 7,861 5,060 Bars - Hot Rolled 763,190 456,671 679,093 286,994 Bars - Light Shaped 182,694 106,694 140,933 61,181 Bars - Reinforcing 1,700,129 810,639 886,528 243,668 Bars - Cold Finished 159,359 156,812 131,456 89,365 Standard Pipe 1,079,128 752,124 824,494 414,091 Oil Country Goods 656,082 472,597 439,741 229,162 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 258,783 159,106 300,607 172,184 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 261,583 172,687 268,713 159,852 Line Pipe - Not Specified 182,485 98,965 149,807 63,052 Mechanical Tubing 403,611 385,506 359,435 246,196 Pressure Tubing 58,931 53,861 38,947 31,719 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,596 18,530 13,236 18,338 Structural Pipe & Tube 430,440 361,010 322,344 159,571 Pipe For Piling 5,758 4,171 7,670 4,330 Wire Drawn 660,630 551,320 515,657 336,610 Black Plate 52,498 36,386 39,877 27,129 Tin Plate 283,034 183,609 266,086 162,350 Tin Free Steel 93,465 65,908 69,325 42,403 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,421,698 1,740,005 1,826,212 587,440 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,600,192 972,875 782,340 331,045 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,140,520 1,582,822 1,074,920 599,089 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 59,998 38,922 76,915 37,905 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 382,637 329,686 263,100 193,075 Strip - Hot Rolled 81,662 48,817 78,732 32,574 Strip - Cold Rolled 88,514 107,180 78,565 85,829 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 (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary December 2004 (CB-05-09)