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 February 2006 February 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,630,632 3,188,997 4,280,320 2,851,036 Ingots And Steel For Castings 29 18 433 224 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,512,664 571,581 1,085,581 552,226 Wire Rods 649,163 292,060 456,141 239,540 Structural Shapes Heavy 125,881 75,282 66,371 42,799 Steel Piling 12,172 10,970 9,249 8,028 Plates Cut Lengths 139,705 90,829 71,332 49,984 Plates In Coils 131,811 69,363 130,975 83,903 Rails Standard 37,717 26,751 33,645 22,383 Rails All Other 2,589 2,212 2,292 2,064 Railroad Accessories 1,353 1,403 1,290 941 Bars - Hot Rolled 115,461 78,462 142,682 107,563 Bars - Light Shaped 42,878 24,760 23,574 12,770 Bars - Reinforcing 377,910 159,737 158,778 69,128 Bars - Cold Finished 26,159 29,668 27,553 33,141 Standard Pipe 233,000 169,885 179,277 143,602 Oil Country Goods 209,300 218,687 157,633 140,138 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 41,236 39,458 49,764 45,864 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 66,366 65,806 53,522 44,095 Line Pipe - Not Specified 40,815 27,970 30,175 23,264 Mechanical Tubing 82,518 85,722 77,947 87,628 Pressure Tubing 9,742 13,327 9,337 12,015 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,442 3,944 1,765 3,788 Structural Pipe & Tube 99,332 76,068 102,946 91,660 Pipe For Piling 2,219 1,707 1,221 1,014 Wire Drawn 104,962 92,968 110,452 108,065 Black Plate 5,679 4,217 5,852 5,096 Tin Plate 54,543 41,750 57,648 41,138 Tin Free Steel 12,320 11,245 16,159 12,276 Sheets Hot Rolled 612,695 305,422 506,119 303,308 Sheets Cold Rolled 339,150 190,355 255,278 174,771 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 410,329 293,724 328,128 264,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,659 12,649 11,021 8,151 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 82,654 69,435 84,224 85,019 Strip - Hot Rolled 13,298 9,301 17,565 11,719 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,880 22,261 14,390 19,603 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 March 2006 (CB-06-61)