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 2008 July 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 13,868,760 12,392,889 15,826,127 11,071,972 Ingots And Steel For Castings 91 47 1,112 667 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,256,150 2,168,220 3,289,775 1,574,917 Wire Rods 637,497 488,924 974,699 517,821 Structural Shapes Heavy 439,125 400,022 455,270 333,784 Steel Piling 52,935 69,924 68,604 73,273 Plates Cut Lengths 338,556 313,752 510,811 354,525 Plates In Coils 447,417 350,492 510,600 296,368 Rails Standard 123,720 101,593 153,706 109,790 Rails All Other 39,475 31,845 44,798 31,592 Railroad Accessories 5,476 5,633 8,897 7,543 Bars - Hot Rolled 296,886 273,274 327,740 235,118 Bars - Light Shaped 96,941 85,540 133,466 85,633 Bars - Reinforcing 682,764 509,046 1,302,288 682,224 Bars - Cold Finished 74,149 100,299 84,280 95,178 Standard Pipe 582,177 618,049 799,767 612,620 Oil Country Goods 1,061,165 1,191,985 717,051 739,298 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 843,947 1,097,652 651,369 799,781 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 314,675 375,208 266,117 275,601 Line Pipe - Not Specified 257,351 219,255 278,142 202,300 Mechanical Tubing 238,017 324,247 328,456 336,587 Pressure Tubing 49,960 100,641 49,342 86,922 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,701 17,918 9,568 19,159 Structural Pipe & Tube 264,421 301,573 374,950 303,925 Pipe For Piling 7,902 6,860 20,191 14,397 Wire Drawn 337,967 401,779 373,103 356,822 Black Plate 16,409 12,292 20,702 15,500 Tin Plate 154,752 138,764 276,658 216,486 Tin Free Steel 63,207 61,126 69,258 59,269 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,456,441 1,034,933 1,320,419 729,592 Sheets Cold Rolled 523,639 408,537 752,555 461,237 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 826,863 765,190 1,114,319 924,515 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 61,445 63,512 59,212 52,565 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 235,406 251,861 370,244 348,375 Strip - Hot Rolled 24,595 19,467 48,445 32,860 Strip - Cold Rolled 51,541 83,428 60,214 85,726 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 August 2008 (CB-08-141)