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 December 2006 December 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 35,698,248 22,234,640 23,947,074 15,756,492 Ingots And Steel For Castings 464 290 854 474 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,806,702 3,482,256 5,296,850 2,404,520 Wire Rods 2,737,165 1,317,830 2,238,163 1,151,869 Structural Shapes Heavy 824,176 527,179 443,253 278,631 Steel Piling 97,145 87,881 94,325 79,871 Plates Cut Lengths 1,085,067 689,865 602,665 417,440 Plates In Coils 1,402,822 766,840 770,476 446,480 Rails Standard 252,108 177,512 153,075 116,853 Rails All Other 37,965 29,006 20,254 17,120 Railroad Accessories 10,124 7,969 9,978 6,203 Bars - Hot Rolled 690,655 479,834 707,651 502,707 Bars - Light Shaped 252,105 150,080 194,537 106,800 Bars - Reinforcing 2,347,290 1,060,694 1,292,198 551,680 Bars - Cold Finished 171,578 190,087 183,050 206,074 Standard Pipe 1,444,930 1,056,873 1,171,716 933,377 Oil Country Goods 1,353,415 1,389,831 1,117,629 1,114,300 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 536,795 537,329 352,988 357,256 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 475,522 469,969 346,851 335,840 Line Pipe - Not Specified 472,732 347,756 201,251 158,304 Mechanical Tubing 622,469 624,590 518,764 565,700 Pressure Tubing 71,042 105,053 63,166 95,448 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,502 29,789 10,706 24,073 Structural Pipe & Tube 601,097 483,543 492,777 429,639 Pipe For Piling 33,796 28,906 19,029 17,046 Wire Drawn 676,882 634,359 638,595 602,071 Black Plate 76,215 52,646 36,445 33,800 Tin Plate 494,440 370,797 390,723 299,693 Tin Free Steel 108,604 92,195 92,265 81,136 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,376,320 2,304,715 2,655,088 1,485,226 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,655,325 1,575,933 1,266,852 809,045 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 3,023,424 2,294,747 1,856,668 1,440,088 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 106,844 84,209 93,511 71,134 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 670,896 597,222 430,660 420,845 Strip - Hot Rolled 65,523 46,532 84,215 56,858 Strip - Cold Rolled 104,112 140,322 99,849 138,893 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 January 2007 (CB-07-28)