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 September 2007 September 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 19,598,843 13,891,173 27,752,567 16,843,662 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,141 681 220 129 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,081,445 1,966,078 6,223,098 2,687,492 Wire Rods 1,171,788 634,150 2,148,840 1,018,363 Structural Shapes Heavy 554,139 417,869 644,959 400,664 Steel Piling 84,625 90,533 74,455 65,940 Plates Cut Lengths 645,796 450,654 814,366 506,531 Plates In Coils 602,051 351,880 1,111,653 593,730 Rails Standard 200,082 143,763 193,855 136,910 Rails All Other 55,091 38,449 21,432 17,784 Railroad Accessories 11,409 10,035 9,353 7,187 Bars - Hot Rolled 417,912 302,773 543,391 378,101 Bars - Light Shaped 162,126 105,156 189,260 112,177 Bars - Reinforcing 1,522,054 815,625 1,992,331 886,503 Bars - Cold Finished 103,472 118,555 130,911 147,423 Standard Pipe 1,027,521 787,028 1,115,924 805,976 Oil Country Goods 917,779 938,248 1,034,743 1,065,108 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 866,355 1,081,954 379,789 382,850 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 317,887 328,709 345,822 348,820 Line Pipe - Not Specified 344,205 247,721 289,204 220,201 Mechanical Tubing 403,962 419,216 471,346 472,048 Pressure Tubing 63,103 111,450 54,308 79,404 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,898 24,969 9,272 22,056 Structural Pipe & Tube 468,339 384,507 443,211 353,751 Pipe For Piling 27,441 19,368 16,302 12,555 Wire Drawn 467,764 448,791 533,868 495,332 Black Plate 39,165 27,113 63,135 43,436 Tin Plate 360,751 282,643 337,870 253,765 Tin Free Steel 86,663 74,211 86,429 73,130 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,643,719 910,745 3,466,157 1,785,598 Sheets Cold Rolled 880,238 544,854 2,019,311 1,161,564 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,365,425 1,141,888 2,304,085 1,699,447 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 81,685 72,087 85,617 68,285 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 472,282 445,526 465,807 398,893 Strip - Hot Rolled 60,813 41,898 52,076 36,832 Strip - Cold Rolled 77,719 112,043 80,167 105,681 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 October 2007 (CB-07-162)