Exhibit 2C: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Carbon (Non-Alloy) Products: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding January 2006 January 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,697,758 1,542,990 2,233,948 1,481,361 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7 4 156 81 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 752,774 276,025 596,011 298,854 Wire Rods 356,318 159,091 233,895 123,962 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,197 24,529 41,794 26,198 Steel Piling 2,166 1,916 4,901 4,147 Plates Cut Lengths 66,754 45,314 25,334 18,593 Plates In Coils 58,563 31,252 73,937 46,939 Rails Standard 16,842 11,745 21,506 13,891 Rails All Other 1,546 1,352 1,304 1,146 Railroad Accessories 1,110 937 1,148 826 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,851 36,890 72,879 56,064 Bars - Light Shaped 20,541 12,078 8,245 4,603 Bars - Reinforcing 108,265 45,661 44,547 19,498 Bars - Cold Finished 14,148 15,930 13,639 16,268 Standard Pipe 112,522 82,509 96,575 75,499 Oil Country Goods 112,162 121,832 63,790 53,835 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,547 21,261 17,727 17,052 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 33,229 31,148 31,768 25,639 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22,637 15,486 13,754 10,941 Mechanical Tubing 40,115 42,107 33,163 39,078 Pressure Tubing 4,532 6,593 4,492 5,876 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 673 1,784 1,074 2,131 Structural Pipe & Tube 41,331 33,704 40,352 37,718 Pipe For Piling 1,493 1,182 264 256 Wire Drawn 53,397 48,192 55,608 55,063 Black Plate 3,118 2,219 3,595 3,242 Tin Plate 22,589 18,253 30,474 21,674 Tin Free Steel 7,464 6,886 8,692 6,455 Sheets Hot Rolled 312,690 158,983 286,063 172,794 Sheets Cold Rolled 141,360 81,560 149,527 103,980 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 211,408 150,454 185,738 150,063 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,624 4,083 6,720 4,795 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,758 36,512 48,469 48,019 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,387 3,841 9,494 6,176 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,642 11,675 7,313 10,005 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 February 2006 (CB-06-44)