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 November 2005 November 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 21,720,022 14,438,083 25,658,652 14,387,024 Ingots And Steel For Castings 846 469 5,764 4,651 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,714,284 2,175,984 5,537,975 2,210,303 Wire Rods 2,082,977 1,071,327 3,118,319 1,422,578 Structural Shapes Heavy 393,755 246,449 425,131 225,685 Steel Piling 87,174 73,737 101,894 65,378 Plates Cut Lengths 536,769 376,704 442,667 247,976 Plates In Coils 711,600 416,707 849,506 454,915 Rails Standard 146,517 112,541 136,981 73,103 Rails All Other 17,868 15,238 16,864 11,239 Railroad Accessories 9,631 5,877 6,934 4,294 Bars - Hot Rolled 650,813 464,091 763,190 456,671 Bars - Light Shaped 179,597 98,866 182,694 106,694 Bars - Reinforcing 1,187,866 507,627 1,700,129 810,639 Bars - Cold Finished 172,578 193,972 159,359 156,812 Standard Pipe 1,070,824 855,456 1,079,128 752,124 Oil Country Goods 1,037,033 1,034,737 656,082 472,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 315,716 319,223 258,783 159,106 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 325,047 315,750 261,583 172,687 Line Pipe - Not Specified 188,921 149,623 182,485 98,965 Mechanical Tubing 471,996 518,642 403,611 385,506 Pressure Tubing 58,799 89,865 58,931 53,861 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,913 22,035 9,596 18,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 460,047 403,355 430,440 361,010 Pipe For Piling 17,450 15,570 5,758 4,171 Wire Drawn 590,167 558,089 660,630 551,320 Black Plate 35,172 32,671 52,498 36,386 Tin Plate 359,830 276,065 283,034 183,609 Tin Free Steel 87,063 76,479 93,465 65,908 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,341,900 1,327,888 3,421,698 1,740,005 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,128,042 730,570 1,600,192 972,875 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,671,792 1,310,677 2,140,520 1,582,822 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 88,400 67,046 59,998 38,922 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 398,951 393,448 382,637 329,686 Strip - Hot Rolled 79,206 53,654 81,662 48,817 Strip - Cold Rolled 91,479 127,650 88,514 107,180 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 December 2005 (CB-06-11)