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 August 2005 August 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 16,064,269 10,958,498 17,246,712 9,138,066 Ingots And Steel For Castings 770 420 636 1,774 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,336,945 1,668,514 3,618,313 1,301,686 Wire Rods 1,638,162 851,017 2,236,856 956,136 Structural Shapes Heavy 292,208 183,207 333,631 164,562 Steel Piling 62,777 53,166 84,676 51,960 Plates Cut Lengths 383,963 276,892 324,187 169,755 Plates In Coils 535,290 327,023 490,132 242,387 Rails Standard 127,677 97,730 108,928 54,299 Rails All Other 13,944 11,852 13,154 8,482 Railroad Accessories 7,734 4,743 5,105 3,438 Bars - Hot Rolled 510,523 368,342 549,220 301,629 Bars - Light Shaped 128,984 70,765 130,629 72,054 Bars - Reinforcing 885,842 384,542 1,218,791 581,231 Bars - Cold Finished 114,692 137,149 115,934 107,682 Standard Pipe 774,705 623,704 794,280 530,338 Oil Country Goods 759,565 740,779 431,014 292,512 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 238,570 230,497 165,626 96,993 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 240,360 228,759 186,234 116,095 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145,522 116,967 129,370 63,820 Mechanical Tubing 344,554 383,972 296,741 269,294 Pressure Tubing 44,179 66,813 42,971 37,004 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,147 14,907 6,590 12,428 Structural Pipe & Tube 353,378 312,596 310,339 246,508 Pipe For Piling 13,505 11,760 4,982 3,474 Wire Drawn 445,366 425,201 480,933 383,393 Black Plate 28,857 26,372 35,565 22,936 Tin Plate 261,574 199,064 198,982 126,984 Tin Free Steel 60,462 52,631 64,108 44,581 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,711,545 1,020,559 2,159,697 1,022,726 Sheets Cold Rolled 838,485 565,307 955,909 554,378 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,242,513 998,530 1,351,668 968,265 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 67,329 51,181 45,624 28,173 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 320,702 320,819 234,890 194,051 Strip - Hot Rolled 61,059 41,514 60,054 34,267 Strip - Cold Rolled 65,379 91,205 60,943 72,773 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 September 2005 (CB-05-150)