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 July 2006 July 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 21,317,101 12,641,139 14,352,310 9,781,226 Ingots And Steel For Castings 200 119 693 369 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,782,378 1,931,360 3,009,953 1,524,726 Wire Rods 1,676,673 787,726 1,484,651 771,317 Structural Shapes Heavy 510,300 312,611 262,790 164,731 Steel Piling 64,238 55,674 52,195 44,391 Plates Cut Lengths 608,881 379,081 343,896 247,844 Plates In Coils 851,280 441,857 487,340 301,526 Rails Standard 159,892 113,613 111,902 85,576 Rails All Other 15,487 12,691 12,348 10,493 Railroad Accessories 6,779 5,399 6,593 4,159 Bars - Hot Rolled 433,428 298,495 464,444 338,995 Bars - Light Shaped 152,792 88,064 115,199 63,350 Bars - Reinforcing 1,465,203 629,642 803,716 350,596 Bars - Cold Finished 102,497 115,846 100,978 122,794 Standard Pipe 841,660 618,729 659,746 534,711 Oil Country Goods 824,736 836,042 615,613 588,992 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 291,062 304,261 216,268 208,693 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 268,133 266,979 212,329 200,073 Line Pipe - Not Specified 202,109 149,887 128,982 103,983 Mechanical Tubing 361,503 361,490 300,165 334,726 Pressure Tubing 39,255 54,379 38,969 56,764 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,168 16,594 6,219 12,687 Structural Pipe & Tube 341,579 269,280 312,926 278,769 Pipe For Piling 11,608 9,070 12,687 11,013 Wire Drawn 418,403 386,124 391,235 376,326 Black Plate 47,594 33,361 26,139 23,181 Tin Plate 257,051 192,627 230,338 175,250 Tin Free Steel 69,303 59,345 53,523 45,711 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,689,187 1,346,823 1,564,856 941,946 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,543,320 860,967 759,573 516,516 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,766,070 1,259,416 1,104,816 889,393 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 67,745 51,680 58,998 45,014 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 335,154 280,148 291,655 290,372 Strip - Hot Rolled 42,960 29,940 53,721 36,651 Strip - Cold Rolled 61,471 81,818 56,853 79,588 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 August 2006 (CB-06-144)