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 December 2004 December 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,830,956 15,864,991 17,035,748 6,882,231 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,802 4,671 7,187 2,304 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,891,116 2,393,048 3,445,477 847,286 Wire Rods 3,386,294 1,557,377 1,935,617 575,408 Structural Shapes Heavy 465,674 251,084 386,199 147,364 Steel Piling 103,691 66,886 91,134 50,003 Plates Cut Lengths 486,963 279,136 284,499 95,320 Plates In Coils 908,091 493,357 400,931 129,622 Rails Standard 153,391 84,230 122,777 57,707 Rails All Other 19,196 13,180 15,944 8,364 Railroad Accessories 7,550 4,706 8,755 5,611 Bars - Hot Rolled 824,247 502,743 750,957 318,335 Bars - Light Shaped 196,091 117,318 152,366 65,994 Bars - Reinforcing 1,738,959 828,441 924,437 255,670 Bars - Cold Finished 172,889 171,449 142,510 97,400 Standard Pipe 1,159,631 818,567 885,067 445,377 Oil Country Goods 715,157 524,491 461,408 240,686 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 287,288 181,535 315,330 178,947 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 298,773 204,740 286,281 169,472 Line Pipe - Not Specified 203,629 114,093 162,652 67,846 Mechanical Tubing 443,726 427,165 389,781 268,447 Pressure Tubing 65,534 61,196 42,576 35,159 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,289 20,001 14,182 20,048 Structural Pipe & Tube 477,678 402,371 348,271 175,170 Pipe For Piling 6,537 4,744 7,840 4,428 Wire Drawn 712,298 602,090 561,235 366,124 Black Plate 58,303 41,071 42,480 28,781 Tin Plate 327,926 214,486 282,021 172,662 Tin Free Steel 100,465 70,906 74,457 45,505 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,670,423 1,894,518 1,968,200 633,749 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,838,268 1,132,637 846,659 359,080 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,418,444 1,798,760 1,148,537 641,164 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 66,220 43,911 79,750 39,564 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 425,439 368,533 282,021 206,304 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,267 53,807 83,247 34,710 Strip - Cold Rolled 95,707 117,742 84,960 92,620 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 January 2005 (CB-05-23)