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 March 2006 March 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,892,704 5,059,378 6,331,366 4,263,104 Ingots And Steel For Castings 65 42 529 271 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,404,768 923,436 1,440,241 731,515 Wire Rods 831,332 381,499 624,427 335,993 Structural Shapes Heavy 232,648 136,161 110,581 70,506 Steel Piling 21,291 18,826 19,609 17,043 Plates Cut Lengths 212,073 137,098 142,265 98,712 Plates In Coils 223,165 118,297 233,035 147,562 Rails Standard 66,626 47,957 55,999 38,484 Rails All Other 3,509 2,986 5,258 4,347 Railroad Accessories 2,461 2,132 2,994 2,007 Bars - Hot Rolled 163,540 110,262 210,815 159,337 Bars - Light Shaped 58,767 34,434 40,329 24,345 Bars - Reinforcing 605,872 256,208 262,920 113,396 Bars - Cold Finished 42,029 46,550 40,960 49,432 Standard Pipe 359,864 264,588 267,979 217,291 Oil Country Goods 320,208 333,709 207,092 189,545 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 91,342 95,373 75,706 69,849 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 93,824 95,415 69,797 58,001 Line Pipe - Not Specified 65,355 45,671 40,782 32,099 Mechanical Tubing 122,905 129,706 119,340 133,545 Pressure Tubing 15,225 20,785 15,472 20,435 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,425 6,346 2,857 5,734 Structural Pipe & Tube 142,740 112,339 145,827 129,550 Pipe For Piling 3,780 2,799 1,473 1,256 Wire Drawn 167,891 153,704 169,316 164,306 Black Plate 10,432 7,814 14,526 11,786 Tin Plate 88,181 67,171 100,106 73,239 Tin Free Steel 22,997 20,727 22,413 17,138 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,050,170 512,785 793,764 478,000 Sheets Cold Rolled 580,156 320,775 392,891 267,995 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 688,453 480,887 498,775 400,098 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,924 21,028 21,508 16,663 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 124,837 104,500 131,585 133,913 Strip - Hot Rolled 20,086 13,921 26,412 17,818 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,765 33,446 23,785 31,897 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 April 2006 (CB-06-78)