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 April 2005 April 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,589,529 5,841,605 6,995,789 3,132,659 Ingots And Steel For Castings 542 280 69 47 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,886,038 969,008 1,516,778 427,337 Wire Rods 817,591 440,259 1,097,145 387,704 Structural Shapes Heavy 151,408 96,065 160,194 71,417 Steel Piling 34,467 29,296 37,023 20,690 Plates Cut Lengths 196,658 138,727 117,000 47,649 Plates In Coils 323,566 203,883 155,493 58,256 Rails Standard 73,489 50,809 71,447 35,376 Rails All Other 7,309 5,899 5,377 2,920 Railroad Accessories 3,903 2,520 2,845 1,657 Bars - Hot Rolled 285,806 214,001 254,252 127,575 Bars - Light Shaped 53,948 32,177 67,770 36,397 Bars - Reinforcing 350,215 152,382 432,423 164,191 Bars - Cold Finished 55,051 66,307 53,609 43,506 Standard Pipe 379,099 307,167 333,025 197,243 Oil Country Goods 312,186 291,287 204,138 115,701 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 96,455 87,455 75,921 43,304 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 101,214 85,637 85,819 46,488 Line Pipe - Not Specified 71,756 56,653 66,175 28,870 Mechanical Tubing 168,146 190,188 145,145 117,101 Pressure Tubing 21,786 28,803 25,342 19,172 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,661 7,384 3,027 5,822 Structural Pipe & Tube 195,204 172,995 143,832 100,550 Pipe For Piling 9,780 8,727 1,509 1,072 Wire Drawn 229,572 221,779 223,963 162,445 Black Plate 16,913 14,031 16,877 10,055 Tin Plate 135,388 100,290 66,595 42,171 Tin Free Steel 31,380 24,439 27,806 19,800 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,048,827 632,920 771,219 284,836 Sheets Cold Rolled 542,557 370,969 250,649 120,327 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 702,788 564,737 425,814 272,001 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,088 24,864 18,896 10,072 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 183,926 182,443 84,191 65,705 Strip - Hot Rolled 34,929 23,783 27,499 14,135 Strip - Cold Rolled 31,884 43,443 26,923 31,068 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 May 2005 (CB-05-89)