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 October 2005 October 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 19,918,621 13,319,465 22,924,903 12,661,109 Ingots And Steel For Castings 822 453 5,717 4,629 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,313,689 2,027,466 4,893,677 1,903,293 Wire Rods 1,975,774 1,013,172 2,920,064 1,315,403 Structural Shapes Heavy 355,129 222,160 397,181 207,087 Steel Piling 77,781 66,053 98,986 62,956 Plates Cut Lengths 497,409 352,045 396,536 217,764 Plates In Coils 658,753 387,946 728,023 381,851 Rails Standard 135,834 105,057 125,545 65,141 Rails All Other 16,701 14,298 15,026 9,855 Railroad Accessories 9,196 5,601 6,528 3,990 Bars - Hot Rolled 601,935 431,917 695,819 405,345 Bars - Light Shaped 168,477 92,294 165,593 91,966 Bars - Reinforcing 1,029,195 438,193 1,546,875 736,290 Bars - Cold Finished 160,262 180,000 145,399 139,486 Standard Pipe 973,373 779,338 985,677 679,275 Oil Country Goods 964,834 956,365 578,649 407,135 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 291,671 290,517 241,234 144,949 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 305,839 295,761 237,631 153,721 Line Pipe - Not Specified 177,494 141,034 159,385 83,097 Mechanical Tubing 428,551 472,487 366,810 345,405 Pressure Tubing 53,820 82,080 51,930 46,870 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,926 19,459 8,657 16,451 Structural Pipe & Tube 422,259 372,175 395,962 327,436 Pipe For Piling 16,808 14,813 5,597 4,025 Wire Drawn 540,669 512,612 603,166 496,198 Black Plate 33,308 30,850 43,322 29,176 Tin Plate 323,522 247,105 249,459 160,642 Tin Free Steel 75,377 66,416 84,280 58,879 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,164,367 1,239,999 3,011,611 1,527,371 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,019,851 670,876 1,367,324 820,679 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,500,493 1,190,123 1,862,885 1,365,238 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 85,255 64,480 54,701 35,086 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 374,619 371,324 321,760 274,161 Strip - Hot Rolled 74,258 50,246 73,870 43,806 Strip - Cold Rolled 82,367 114,751 80,027 96,454 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 November 2005 (CB-05-181)