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 February 2005 February 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,854,274 2,610,465 3,258,231 1,319,706 Ingots And Steel For Castings 433 224 16 8 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,085,581 552,226 810,064 208,947 Wire Rods 96,621 62,873 464,600 149,520 Structural Shapes Heavy 66,371 42,799 86,729 34,042 Steel Piling 9,249 8,028 10,431 5,992 Plates Cut Lengths 71,332 49,984 53,034 18,989 Plates In Coils 130,975 83,903 63,649 21,295 Rails Standard 33,645 22,383 28,614 15,345 Rails All Other 2,292 2,064 1,847 1,011 Railroad Accessories 1,290 941 1,239 631 Bars - Hot Rolled 91,261 63,299 126,977 59,223 Bars - Light Shaped 23,574 12,770 26,161 13,028 Bars - Reinforcing 158,778 69,128 184,738 56,976 Bars - Cold Finished 12,448 13,501 26,201 19,798 Standard Pipe 179,277 143,602 151,810 80,098 Oil Country Goods 157,633 140,138 104,189 54,477 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 49,764 45,864 37,581 20,677 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 53,522 44,095 45,849 23,597 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,175 23,264 35,008 14,031 Mechanical Tubing 77,947 87,628 76,213 55,499 Pressure Tubing 9,337 12,015 10,579 8,388 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,765 3,788 1,577 2,929 Structural Pipe & Tube 102,946 91,660 71,433 42,689 Pipe For Piling 1,221 1,014 497 382 Wire Drawn 110,452 108,065 100,208 69,299 Black Plate 5,852 5,096 10,636 5,925 Tin Plate 57,648 41,138 32,321 20,209 Tin Free Steel 16,159 12,276 13,376 9,268 Sheets Hot Rolled 506,119 303,308 359,819 122,419 Sheets Cold Rolled 255,278 174,771 123,695 54,994 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 328,128 264,126 126,102 76,062 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,021 8,151 6,548 3,236 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 84,224 85,019 42,017 30,976 Strip - Hot Rolled 17,565 11,719 11,412 5,386 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,390 19,603 13,063 14,359 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 March 2005 (CB-05-54)