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 January 2005 January 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,016,692 1,356,119 1,801,037 702,839 Ingots And Steel For Castings 156 81 8 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 596,011 298,854 509,617 130,718 Wire Rods 52,192 32,461 263,890 82,043 Structural Shapes Heavy 41,794 26,198 32,828 13,412 Steel Piling 4,901 4,147 3,807 2,009 Plates Cut Lengths 25,334 18,593 25,955 9,405 Plates In Coils 73,937 46,939 38,842 12,607 Rails Standard 21,506 13,891 15,277 8,061 Rails All Other 1,304 1,146 860 504 Railroad Accessories 1,148 826 486 320 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,392 31,660 71,744 32,337 Bars - Light Shaped 8,245 4,603 11,810 5,417 Bars - Reinforcing 44,547 19,498 83,140 25,979 Bars - Cold Finished 6,572 6,931 12,620 9,826 Standard Pipe 96,575 75,499 75,167 38,561 Oil Country Goods 63,790 53,835 70,868 37,368 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,727 17,052 27,304 15,180 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31,768 25,639 25,444 13,513 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,754 10,941 19,113 7,521 Mechanical Tubing 33,163 39,078 34,908 24,846 Pressure Tubing 4,492 5,876 3,231 3,162 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,074 2,131 890 1,562 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,352 37,718 34,032 19,160 Pipe For Piling 264 256 176 169 Wire Drawn 55,608 55,063 50,783 34,421 Black Plate 3,595 3,242 4,145 2,345 Tin Plate 30,474 21,674 16,768 10,514 Tin Free Steel 8,692 6,455 6,761 4,366 Sheets Hot Rolled 286,063 172,794 197,473 65,991 Sheets Cold Rolled 149,527 103,980 64,645 27,768 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 185,738 150,063 62,176 37,012 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,720 4,795 2,131 1,162 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 48,469 48,019 22,575 16,167 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,494 6,176 5,396 2,465 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,313 10,005 6,168 6,944 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 February 2005 (CB-05-41)