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 January 2007 January 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,228,593 1,484,550 2,697,758 1,542,990 Ingots And Steel For Castings 170 88 7 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 414,584 183,204 752,774 276,025 Wire Rods 186,128 91,736 356,318 159,091 Structural Shapes Heavy 104,111 67,238 39,197 24,529 Steel Piling 9,673 9,613 2,166 1,916 Plates Cut Lengths 36,492 26,716 66,754 45,314 Plates In Coils 89,130 50,469 58,563 31,252 Rails Standard 16,092 11,483 16,842 11,745 Rails All Other 2,788 2,794 1,546 1,352 Railroad Accessories 704 592 1,110 937 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,522 28,469 53,851 36,890 Bars - Light Shaped 24,257 13,845 20,541 12,078 Bars - Reinforcing 152,346 73,594 108,265 45,661 Bars - Cold Finished 12,318 13,428 14,148 15,930 Standard Pipe 106,613 84,187 112,522 82,509 Oil Country Goods 120,550 122,588 112,162 121,832 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 35,331 36,927 22,547 21,261 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 36,425 36,166 33,229 31,148 Line Pipe - Not Specified 46,366 35,253 22,637 15,486 Mechanical Tubing 45,260 47,211 40,115 42,107 Pressure Tubing 5,295 9,194 4,532 6,593 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,419 2,905 673 1,784 Structural Pipe & Tube 53,257 43,695 41,331 33,704 Pipe For Piling 2,526 2,025 1,493 1,182 Wire Drawn 50,753 48,843 53,397 48,192 Black Plate 2,427 1,634 3,118 2,219 Tin Plate 40,964 31,884 22,589 18,253 Tin Free Steel 8,531 7,254 7,464 6,886 Sheets Hot Rolled 203,172 111,308 312,690 158,983 Sheets Cold Rolled 146,364 89,404 141,360 81,560 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 148,841 121,900 211,408 150,454 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,124 3,430 5,624 4,083 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 65,591 61,406 42,758 36,512 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,744 3,891 5,387 3,841 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,724 10,179 8,642 11,675 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 February 2007 (CB-07-43)