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 August 2007 August 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,784,497 12,525,771 24,653,879 14,810,188 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,117 669 200 119 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,770,306 1,819,284 5,565,966 2,347,414 Wire Rods 1,081,954 580,071 1,912,746 900,717 Structural Shapes Heavy 516,835 383,831 569,747 351,456 Steel Piling 75,127 80,382 71,981 63,087 Plates Cut Lengths 567,758 399,216 726,255 452,543 Plates In Coils 554,412 323,027 1,010,876 533,014 Rails Standard 175,762 125,603 168,853 119,705 Rails All Other 46,272 32,835 20,050 16,622 Railroad Accessories 10,300 8,838 8,190 6,408 Bars - Hot Rolled 375,362 270,085 495,627 345,547 Bars - Light Shaped 147,251 94,564 167,163 97,470 Bars - Reinforcing 1,407,390 747,052 1,656,634 721,449 Bars - Cold Finished 94,491 107,362 118,688 132,940 Standard Pipe 934,600 712,965 982,034 709,578 Oil Country Goods 803,983 827,267 952,676 971,960 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 768,476 959,075 325,247 337,835 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 284,915 293,093 309,840 309,456 Line Pipe - Not Specified 306,813 222,653 257,374 198,747 Mechanical Tubing 365,140 378,505 415,346 416,742 Pressure Tubing 57,476 100,345 48,062 67,477 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,924 22,404 8,381 19,723 Structural Pipe & Tube 425,061 346,820 381,362 304,888 Pipe For Piling 23,110 16,484 14,070 10,712 Wire Drawn 422,679 404,460 481,430 445,033 Black Plate 36,806 25,412 54,886 38,071 Tin Plate 313,514 244,838 300,697 225,497 Tin Free Steel 79,968 68,373 80,777 68,480 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,477,452 817,908 3,123,633 1,585,641 Sheets Cold Rolled 817,651 503,815 1,807,870 1,023,727 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,236,235 1,030,776 2,023,804 1,463,965 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 70,096 62,154 78,189 61,284 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 399,632 377,766 396,587 334,823 Strip - Hot Rolled 54,947 37,646 47,732 33,631 Strip - Cold Rolled 69,682 100,195 70,911 94,426 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2007 (CB-07-147)