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 April 2006 April 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 11,843,115 6,808,678 8,589,529 5,841,605 Ingots And Steel For Castings 122 77 542 280 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,943,054 1,138,005 1,886,038 969,008 Wire Rods 1,027,586 475,510 817,591 440,259 Structural Shapes Heavy 307,518 182,852 151,408 96,065 Steel Piling 26,584 23,307 34,467 29,296 Plates Cut Lengths 314,980 201,658 196,658 138,727 Plates In Coils 346,984 181,076 323,566 203,883 Rails Standard 81,433 57,858 73,489 50,809 Rails All Other 5,607 4,973 7,309 5,899 Railroad Accessories 3,670 3,115 3,903 2,520 Bars - Hot Rolled 242,321 164,226 285,806 214,001 Bars - Light Shaped 85,871 49,495 53,948 32,177 Bars - Reinforcing 872,638 368,702 350,215 152,382 Bars - Cold Finished 59,085 66,243 55,051 66,307 Standard Pipe 476,394 350,159 379,099 307,167 Oil Country Goods 440,762 453,217 312,186 291,287 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 131,708 140,226 96,455 87,455 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 140,209 137,545 101,214 85,637 Line Pipe - Not Specified 90,439 61,504 71,756 56,653 Mechanical Tubing 177,476 183,499 168,146 190,188 Pressure Tubing 21,748 28,728 21,786 28,803 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,282 8,348 3,661 7,384 Structural Pipe & Tube 185,712 146,999 195,204 172,995 Pipe For Piling 5,058 3,602 9,780 8,727 Wire Drawn 226,259 208,185 229,572 221,779 Black Plate 20,420 14,271 16,913 14,031 Tin Plate 138,280 104,142 135,388 100,290 Tin Free Steel 31,884 27,916 31,380 24,439 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,380,152 678,054 1,048,827 632,920 Sheets Cold Rolled 858,624 468,237 542,557 370,969 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 928,432 643,550 702,788 564,737 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 34,921 26,587 32,088 24,864 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 172,190 143,053 183,926 182,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 26,945 18,250 34,929 23,783 Strip - Cold Rolled 34,768 45,508 31,884 43,443 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 May 2006 (CB-06-100)