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 2007 December 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,704,638 17,747,309 35,698,248 22,234,640 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,383 1,518 464 290 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,268,348 2,544,906 7,806,702 3,482,256 Wire Rods 1,369,977 759,909 2,737,165 1,317,830 Structural Shapes Heavy 691,718 527,479 824,176 527,179 Steel Piling 99,810 107,798 97,145 87,881 Plates Cut Lengths 830,858 587,801 1,085,067 689,865 Plates In Coils 776,991 454,132 1,402,822 766,840 Rails Standard 228,890 164,873 252,108 177,512 Rails All Other 90,734 62,039 37,965 29,006 Railroad Accessories 14,154 13,005 10,124 7,969 Bars - Hot Rolled 543,166 396,926 690,655 479,834 Bars - Light Shaped 204,731 135,783 252,105 150,080 Bars - Reinforcing 1,688,156 926,167 2,347,290 1,060,694 Bars - Cold Finished 137,282 157,780 171,578 190,087 Standard Pipe 1,266,326 995,440 1,444,930 1,056,873 Oil Country Goods 1,192,106 1,208,589 1,353,415 1,389,831 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,233,315 1,549,424 536,795 537,329 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 409,249 433,594 475,522 469,969 Line Pipe - Not Specified 441,995 316,667 472,732 347,756 Mechanical Tubing 509,727 541,647 622,469 624,590 Pressure Tubing 78,941 143,288 71,042 105,053 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 16,455 32,350 12,502 29,789 Structural Pipe & Tube 579,374 480,050 601,097 483,543 Pipe For Piling 35,449 25,814 33,796 28,906 Wire Drawn 600,567 580,756 676,882 634,359 Black Plate 44,046 30,634 76,215 52,646 Tin Plate 470,962 368,415 494,440 370,797 Tin Free Steel 111,147 96,411 108,604 92,195 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,185,329 1,212,471 4,376,320 2,304,715 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,090,159 680,230 2,655,325 1,575,933 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,657,562 1,393,151 3,023,424 2,294,747 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 109,484 97,690 106,844 84,209 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 549,005 521,428 670,896 597,222 Strip - Hot Rolled 75,552 52,408 65,523 46,532 Strip - Cold Rolled 100,689 146,734 104,112 140,322 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 January 2008 (CB-08-34)