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 December 2005 December 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 23,947,074 15,756,492 27,830,956 15,864,991 Ingots And Steel For Castings 854 474 5,802 4,671 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,296,850 2,404,520 5,891,116 2,393,048 Wire Rods 2,238,163 1,151,869 3,386,294 1,557,377 Structural Shapes Heavy 443,253 278,631 465,674 251,084 Steel Piling 94,325 79,871 103,691 66,886 Plates Cut Lengths 602,665 417,440 486,963 279,136 Plates In Coils 770,476 446,480 908,091 493,357 Rails Standard 153,075 116,853 153,391 84,230 Rails All Other 20,254 17,120 19,196 13,180 Railroad Accessories 9,978 6,203 7,550 4,706 Bars - Hot Rolled 707,651 502,707 824,247 502,743 Bars - Light Shaped 194,537 106,800 196,091 117,318 Bars - Reinforcing 1,292,198 551,680 1,738,959 828,441 Bars - Cold Finished 183,050 206,074 172,889 171,449 Standard Pipe 1,171,716 933,377 1,159,631 818,567 Oil Country Goods 1,117,629 1,114,300 715,157 524,491 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 352,988 357,256 287,288 181,535 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 346,851 335,840 298,773 204,740 Line Pipe - Not Specified 201,251 158,304 203,629 114,093 Mechanical Tubing 518,764 565,700 443,726 427,165 Pressure Tubing 63,166 95,448 65,534 61,196 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,706 24,073 10,289 20,001 Structural Pipe & Tube 492,777 429,639 477,678 402,371 Pipe For Piling 19,029 17,046 6,537 4,744 Wire Drawn 638,595 602,071 712,298 602,090 Black Plate 36,445 33,800 58,303 41,071 Tin Plate 390,723 299,693 327,926 214,486 Tin Free Steel 92,265 81,136 100,465 70,906 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,655,088 1,485,226 3,670,423 1,894,518 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,266,852 809,045 1,838,268 1,132,637 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,856,668 1,440,088 2,418,444 1,798,760 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 93,511 71,134 66,220 43,911 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 430,660 420,845 425,439 368,533 Strip - Hot Rolled 84,215 56,858 89,267 53,807 Strip - Cold Rolled 99,849 138,893 95,707 117,742 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 January 2006 (CB-06-29)