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 July 2007 July 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,826,127 11,071,972 21,317,101 12,641,139 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,112 667 200 119 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,289,775 1,574,917 4,782,378 1,931,360 Wire Rods 974,699 517,821 1,676,673 787,726 Structural Shapes Heavy 455,270 333,784 510,300 312,611 Steel Piling 68,604 73,273 64,238 55,674 Plates Cut Lengths 510,811 354,525 608,881 379,081 Plates In Coils 510,600 296,368 851,280 441,857 Rails Standard 153,706 109,790 159,892 113,613 Rails All Other 44,798 31,592 15,487 12,691 Railroad Accessories 8,897 7,543 6,779 5,399 Bars - Hot Rolled 327,740 235,118 433,428 298,495 Bars - Light Shaped 133,466 85,633 152,792 88,064 Bars - Reinforcing 1,302,288 682,224 1,465,203 629,642 Bars - Cold Finished 84,280 95,178 102,497 115,846 Standard Pipe 799,767 612,620 841,660 618,729 Oil Country Goods 717,051 739,298 824,736 836,042 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 651,369 799,781 291,062 304,261 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 266,117 275,601 268,133 266,979 Line Pipe - Not Specified 278,142 202,300 202,109 149,887 Mechanical Tubing 328,456 336,587 361,503 361,490 Pressure Tubing 49,342 86,922 39,255 54,379 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,568 19,159 7,168 16,594 Structural Pipe & Tube 374,950 303,925 341,579 269,280 Pipe For Piling 20,191 14,397 11,608 9,070 Wire Drawn 373,103 356,822 418,403 386,124 Black Plate 20,702 15,500 47,594 33,361 Tin Plate 276,658 216,486 257,051 192,627 Tin Free Steel 69,258 59,269 69,303 59,345 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,320,419 729,592 2,689,187 1,346,823 Sheets Cold Rolled 752,555 461,237 1,543,320 860,967 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,114,319 924,515 1,766,070 1,259,416 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 59,212 52,565 67,745 51,680 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 370,244 348,375 335,154 280,148 Strip - Hot Rolled 48,445 32,860 42,960 29,940 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,214 85,726 61,471 81,818 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 August 2007 (CB-07-133)