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 May 2005 May 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,478,175 7,168,738 9,320,477 4,401,442 Ingots And Steel For Castings 551 285 571 1,738 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,171,842 1,119,397 2,105,669 666,863 Wire Rods 1,070,325 564,266 1,347,735 504,280 Structural Shapes Heavy 182,108 116,035 215,296 97,889 Steel Piling 38,946 33,335 46,293 26,533 Plates Cut Lengths 264,806 186,427 145,585 63,027 Plates In Coils 372,099 234,382 207,103 82,659 Rails Standard 95,202 70,075 87,380 43,174 Rails All Other 8,798 7,242 7,282 4,144 Railroad Accessories 5,596 3,629 3,079 1,827 Bars - Hot Rolled 350,788 263,685 318,063 163,428 Bars - Light Shaped 77,681 44,782 82,047 44,212 Bars - Reinforcing 476,038 206,056 593,652 256,181 Bars - Cold Finished 70,387 83,517 67,297 55,956 Standard Pipe 472,620 384,865 428,938 262,802 Oil Country Goods 417,467 393,422 255,602 151,030 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 128,651 116,508 98,120 54,608 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 131,068 113,284 106,161 59,877 Line Pipe - Not Specified 94,684 76,306 86,691 38,190 Mechanical Tubing 214,627 242,422 180,565 150,832 Pressure Tubing 28,474 39,055 29,626 23,493 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,603 9,182 3,768 7,270 Structural Pipe & Tube 237,517 211,086 182,794 131,488 Pipe For Piling 10,912 9,693 1,717 1,248 Wire Drawn 285,802 277,433 290,501 216,185 Black Plate 20,486 17,691 19,327 11,975 Tin Plate 166,544 124,968 101,331 64,400 Tin Free Steel 37,724 30,278 37,974 26,546 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,211,892 731,184 1,054,542 422,450 Sheets Cold Rolled 614,305 420,918 419,549 214,227 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 867,409 697,400 591,870 393,243 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 39,830 30,923 21,627 11,763 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 227,073 224,460 111,445 87,430 Strip - Hot Rolled 40,609 28,026 36,261 19,118 Strip - Cold Rolled 40,710 56,518 35,016 41,354 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 June 2005 (CB-05-103)