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 August 2006 August 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,653,879 14,810,188 16,064,269 10,958,498 Ingots And Steel For Castings 200 119 770 420 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,565,966 2,347,414 3,336,945 1,668,514 Wire Rods 1,912,746 900,717 1,638,162 851,017 Structural Shapes Heavy 569,747 351,456 292,208 183,207 Steel Piling 71,981 63,087 62,777 53,166 Plates Cut Lengths 726,255 452,543 383,963 276,892 Plates In Coils 1,010,876 533,014 535,290 327,023 Rails Standard 168,853 119,705 127,677 97,730 Rails All Other 20,050 16,622 13,944 11,852 Railroad Accessories 8,190 6,408 7,734 4,743 Bars - Hot Rolled 495,627 345,547 510,523 368,342 Bars - Light Shaped 167,163 97,470 128,984 70,765 Bars - Reinforcing 1,656,634 721,449 885,842 384,542 Bars - Cold Finished 118,688 132,940 114,692 137,149 Standard Pipe 982,034 709,578 774,705 623,704 Oil Country Goods 952,676 971,960 759,565 740,779 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 325,247 337,835 238,570 230,497 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 309,840 309,456 240,360 228,759 Line Pipe - Not Specified 257,374 198,747 145,522 116,967 Mechanical Tubing 415,346 416,742 344,554 383,972 Pressure Tubing 48,062 67,477 44,179 66,813 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,381 19,723 7,147 14,907 Structural Pipe & Tube 381,362 304,888 353,378 312,596 Pipe For Piling 14,070 10,712 13,505 11,760 Wire Drawn 481,430 445,033 445,366 425,201 Black Plate 54,886 38,071 28,857 26,372 Tin Plate 300,697 225,497 261,574 199,064 Tin Free Steel 80,777 68,480 60,462 52,631 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,123,633 1,585,641 1,711,545 1,020,559 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,807,870 1,023,727 838,485 565,307 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,023,804 1,463,965 1,242,513 998,530 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 78,189 61,284 67,329 51,181 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 396,587 334,823 320,702 320,819 Strip - Hot Rolled 47,732 33,631 61,059 41,514 Strip - Cold Rolled 70,911 94,426 65,379 91,205 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 September 2006 (CB-06-158)