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 September 2005 September 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,775,002 12,023,635 20,141,345 10,924,666 Ingots And Steel For Castings 783 427 5,641 4,581 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,705,821 1,801,880 4,272,337 1,612,654 Wire Rods 1,808,081 932,090 2,622,978 1,159,364 Structural Shapes Heavy 330,047 205,960 365,183 184,811 Steel Piling 66,806 56,562 92,298 57,700 Plates Cut Lengths 445,212 315,975 359,357 193,152 Plates In Coils 594,968 356,352 608,132 309,535 Rails Standard 134,337 103,484 120,471 60,071 Rails All Other 14,918 12,707 14,477 9,445 Railroad Accessories 8,839 5,372 5,915 3,764 Bars - Hot Rolled 546,492 391,946 620,220 350,615 Bars - Light Shaped 144,443 79,516 144,593 80,333 Bars - Reinforcing 933,316 402,163 1,383,428 657,378 Bars - Cold Finished 135,601 157,544 130,564 122,944 Standard Pipe 873,448 701,522 885,275 601,239 Oil Country Goods 855,290 841,791 518,208 356,703 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 251,351 242,614 187,837 111,212 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 268,578 257,308 209,357 131,856 Line Pipe - Not Specified 165,023 132,034 145,357 74,141 Mechanical Tubing 383,321 425,394 330,936 306,509 Pressure Tubing 48,220 72,937 48,161 42,418 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,023 16,973 7,592 14,242 Structural Pipe & Tube 389,144 343,549 350,560 285,443 Pipe For Piling 13,947 12,171 5,395 3,828 Wire Drawn 491,327 467,106 545,224 440,406 Black Plate 30,736 27,817 39,210 25,846 Tin Plate 294,529 224,491 223,755 143,557 Tin Free Steel 67,407 58,921 70,829 49,438 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,906,903 1,117,687 2,598,057 1,282,327 Sheets Cold Rolled 929,805 618,115 1,136,832 672,783 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,362,808 1,089,428 1,627,189 1,188,114 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 76,405 57,730 50,230 31,627 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 348,541 346,050 277,344 232,187 Strip - Hot Rolled 67,001 45,574 67,033 39,023 Strip - Cold Rolled 73,532 102,446 71,369 85,419 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 October 2005 (CB-05-167)