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 October 2006 October 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 30,818,140 18,910,739 19,918,621 13,319,465 Ingots And Steel For Castings 272 156 822 453 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,896,484 3,037,597 4,313,689 2,027,466 Wire Rods 2,385,119 1,137,861 1,975,774 1,013,172 Structural Shapes Heavy 686,606 430,853 355,129 222,160 Steel Piling 86,985 77,796 77,781 66,053 Plates Cut Lengths 922,934 581,289 497,409 352,045 Plates In Coils 1,243,700 674,265 658,753 387,946 Rails Standard 206,023 145,806 135,834 105,057 Rails All Other 22,973 19,159 16,701 14,298 Railroad Accessories 9,679 7,531 9,196 5,601 Bars - Hot Rolled 585,015 406,351 601,935 431,917 Bars - Light Shaped 212,996 126,503 168,477 92,294 Bars - Reinforcing 2,136,049 956,278 1,029,195 438,193 Bars - Cold Finished 144,350 162,997 160,262 180,000 Standard Pipe 1,256,542 908,103 973,373 779,338 Oil Country Goods 1,154,132 1,184,810 964,834 956,365 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 427,821 429,535 291,671 290,517 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 394,392 393,101 305,839 295,761 Line Pipe - Not Specified 359,286 268,189 177,494 141,034 Mechanical Tubing 521,515 525,416 428,551 472,487 Pressure Tubing 61,766 89,732 53,820 82,080 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,351 24,874 8,926 19,459 Structural Pipe & Tube 497,509 400,161 422,259 372,175 Pipe For Piling 18,286 14,068 16,808 14,813 Wire Drawn 586,911 547,727 540,669 512,612 Black Plate 66,658 45,941 33,308 30,850 Tin Plate 387,740 290,960 323,522 247,105 Tin Free Steel 94,285 79,981 75,377 66,416 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,810,048 1,983,329 2,164,367 1,239,999 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,243,059 1,308,881 1,019,851 670,876 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,607,221 1,945,573 1,500,493 1,190,123 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 92,264 73,301 85,255 64,480 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 543,961 474,730 374,619 371,324 Strip - Hot Rolled 56,847 40,238 74,258 50,246 Strip - Cold Rolled 88,362 117,648 82,367 114,751 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2006 (CB-06-188)