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 September 2006 September 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,752,567 16,843,662 17,775,002 12,023,635 Ingots And Steel For Castings 220 129 783 427 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,223,098 2,687,492 3,705,821 1,801,880 Wire Rods 2,148,840 1,018,363 1,808,081 932,090 Structural Shapes Heavy 644,959 400,664 330,047 205,960 Steel Piling 74,455 65,940 66,806 56,562 Plates Cut Lengths 814,366 506,531 445,212 315,975 Plates In Coils 1,111,653 593,730 594,968 356,352 Rails Standard 193,855 136,910 134,337 103,484 Rails All Other 21,432 17,784 14,918 12,707 Railroad Accessories 9,353 7,187 8,839 5,372 Bars - Hot Rolled 543,391 378,101 546,492 391,946 Bars - Light Shaped 189,260 112,177 144,443 79,516 Bars - Reinforcing 1,992,331 886,503 933,316 402,163 Bars - Cold Finished 130,911 147,423 135,601 157,544 Standard Pipe 1,115,924 805,976 873,448 701,522 Oil Country Goods 1,034,743 1,065,108 855,290 841,791 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 379,789 382,850 251,351 242,614 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 345,822 348,820 268,578 257,308 Line Pipe - Not Specified 289,204 220,201 165,023 132,034 Mechanical Tubing 471,346 472,048 383,321 425,394 Pressure Tubing 54,308 79,404 48,220 72,937 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,272 22,056 8,023 16,973 Structural Pipe & Tube 443,211 353,751 389,144 343,549 Pipe For Piling 16,302 12,555 13,947 12,171 Wire Drawn 533,868 495,332 491,327 467,106 Black Plate 63,135 43,436 30,736 27,817 Tin Plate 337,870 253,765 294,529 224,491 Tin Free Steel 86,429 73,130 67,407 58,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,466,157 1,785,598 1,906,903 1,117,687 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,019,311 1,161,564 929,805 618,115 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,304,085 1,699,447 1,362,808 1,089,428 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 85,617 68,285 76,405 57,730 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 465,807 398,893 348,541 346,050 Strip - Hot Rolled 52,076 36,832 67,001 45,574 Strip - Cold Rolled 80,167 105,681 73,532 102,446 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 October 2006 (CB-06-172)