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 May 2006 May 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,970,953 8,697,095 10,478,175 7,168,738 Ingots And Steel For Castings 146 91 551 285 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,579,472 1,386,259 2,171,842 1,119,397 Wire Rods 1,169,789 548,653 1,070,325 564,266 Structural Shapes Heavy 374,455 225,943 182,108 116,035 Steel Piling 37,611 32,415 38,946 33,335 Plates Cut Lengths 431,160 266,695 264,806 186,427 Plates In Coils 514,495 263,307 372,099 234,382 Rails Standard 101,781 71,856 95,202 70,075 Rails All Other 9,193 7,796 8,798 7,242 Railroad Accessories 4,194 3,609 5,596 3,629 Bars - Hot Rolled 307,040 209,011 350,788 263,685 Bars - Light Shaped 103,129 60,287 77,681 44,782 Bars - Reinforcing 1,059,925 449,593 476,038 206,056 Bars - Cold Finished 73,642 83,490 70,387 83,517 Standard Pipe 600,175 439,578 472,620 384,865 Oil Country Goods 568,294 578,069 417,467 393,422 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 196,900 209,413 128,651 116,508 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 188,080 193,642 131,068 113,284 Line Pipe - Not Specified 132,551 99,645 94,684 76,306 Mechanical Tubing 236,182 240,401 214,627 242,422 Pressure Tubing 26,294 35,940 28,474 39,055 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,343 11,011 4,603 9,182 Structural Pipe & Tube 239,105 188,765 237,517 211,086 Pipe For Piling 6,843 5,269 10,912 9,693 Wire Drawn 295,615 270,741 285,802 277,433 Black Plate 34,161 24,572 20,486 17,691 Tin Plate 166,993 125,536 166,544 124,968 Tin Free Steel 40,620 35,590 37,724 30,278 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,883,658 927,412 1,211,892 731,184 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,052,441 577,872 614,305 420,918 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,194,560 828,152 867,409 697,400 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 44,728 34,291 39,830 30,923 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 217,344 181,922 227,073 224,460 Strip - Hot Rolled 32,183 22,173 40,609 28,026 Strip - Cold Rolled 43,851 58,097 40,710 56,518 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 June 2006 (CB-06-113)