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 July 2005 July 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,352,310 9,781,226 14,403,689 7,369,713 Ingots And Steel For Castings 693 369 627 1,769 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,009,953 1,524,726 3,086,938 1,065,859 Wire Rods 1,484,651 771,317 1,948,976 806,072 Structural Shapes Heavy 262,790 164,731 297,756 140,857 Steel Piling 52,195 44,391 67,738 40,702 Plates Cut Lengths 343,896 247,844 251,868 124,747 Plates In Coils 487,340 301,526 364,181 168,974 Rails Standard 111,902 85,576 102,927 51,315 Rails All Other 12,348 10,493 10,192 6,193 Railroad Accessories 6,593 4,159 4,450 2,920 Bars - Hot Rolled 464,444 338,995 472,964 253,210 Bars - Light Shaped 115,199 63,350 110,443 60,647 Bars - Reinforcing 803,716 350,596 990,680 455,945 Bars - Cold Finished 100,978 122,794 99,105 88,722 Standard Pipe 659,746 534,711 641,082 416,059 Oil Country Goods 615,613 588,992 378,463 244,405 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 216,268 208,693 141,175 81,190 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 212,329 200,073 158,514 96,542 Line Pipe - Not Specified 128,982 103,983 108,844 50,916 Mechanical Tubing 300,165 334,726 254,826 225,260 Pressure Tubing 38,969 56,764 37,418 31,210 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,219 12,687 5,506 10,528 Structural Pipe & Tube 312,926 278,769 262,325 201,731 Pipe For Piling 12,687 11,013 3,857 2,789 Wire Drawn 391,235 376,326 416,990 325,754 Black Plate 26,139 23,181 29,615 18,951 Tin Plate 230,338 175,250 161,228 102,158 Tin Free Steel 53,523 45,711 55,361 38,607 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,564,856 941,946 1,769,065 804,271 Sheets Cold Rolled 759,573 516,516 760,210 428,442 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,104,816 889,393 1,087,237 762,475 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 58,998 45,014 38,406 23,039 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 291,655 290,372 179,295 145,273 Strip - Hot Rolled 53,721 36,651 52,922 29,665 Strip - Cold Rolled 56,853 79,588 52,507 62,519 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 August 2005 (CB-05-135)