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 March 2005 March 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,331,366 4,263,104 5,080,371 2,152,589 Ingots And Steel For Castings 529 271 24 13 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,440,241 731,515 1,184,076 315,434 Wire Rods 624,427 335,993 814,104 272,076 Structural Shapes Heavy 110,581 70,506 125,202 52,679 Steel Piling 19,609 17,043 20,553 11,800 Plates Cut Lengths 142,265 98,712 85,017 31,163 Plates In Coils 233,035 147,562 89,816 32,134 Rails Standard 55,999 38,484 47,309 24,108 Rails All Other 5,258 4,347 3,602 1,955 Railroad Accessories 2,994 2,007 1,992 1,112 Bars - Hot Rolled 210,815 159,337 183,525 88,346 Bars - Light Shaped 40,329 24,345 54,189 28,614 Bars - Reinforcing 262,920 113,396 265,670 88,746 Bars - Cold Finished 40,960 49,432 39,321 30,489 Standard Pipe 267,979 217,291 223,887 127,797 Oil Country Goods 207,092 189,545 140,963 76,789 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 75,706 69,849 57,587 33,278 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69,797 58,001 66,851 35,379 Line Pipe - Not Specified 40,782 32,099 52,637 22,458 Mechanical Tubing 119,340 133,545 108,229 84,416 Pressure Tubing 15,472 20,435 17,016 13,430 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,857 5,734 2,232 4,327 Structural Pipe & Tube 145,827 129,550 107,569 70,802 Pipe For Piling 1,473 1,256 990 724 Wire Drawn 169,316 164,306 160,929 113,549 Black Plate 14,526 11,786 13,301 7,747 Tin Plate 100,106 73,239 48,369 30,503 Tin Free Steel 22,413 17,138 21,173 14,930 Sheets Hot Rolled 793,764 478,000 577,014 204,236 Sheets Cold Rolled 392,891 267,995 192,147 88,309 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 498,775 400,098 261,460 158,963 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,508 16,663 13,078 6,889 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 131,585 133,913 61,013 46,768 Strip - Hot Rolled 26,412 17,818 19,059 9,488 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,785 31,897 20,471 23,138 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 April 2005 (CB-05-69)