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 2008 August 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,726,318 14,542,826 17,784,497 12,525,771 Ingots And Steel For Castings 91 47 1,117 669 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,676,288 2,577,977 3,770,306 1,819,284 Wire Rods 707,946 561,014 1,081,954 580,071 Structural Shapes Heavy 468,890 439,784 516,835 383,831 Steel Piling 63,431 86,365 75,127 80,382 Plates Cut Lengths 399,164 384,437 567,758 399,216 Plates In Coils 525,014 427,016 554,412 323,027 Rails Standard 139,870 117,884 175,762 125,603 Rails All Other 52,650 40,891 46,272 32,835 Railroad Accessories 5,805 6,099 10,300 8,838 Bars - Hot Rolled 333,690 317,585 375,362 270,085 Bars - Light Shaped 107,805 97,933 147,251 94,564 Bars - Reinforcing 758,267 584,306 1,407,390 747,052 Bars - Cold Finished 82,839 115,094 94,491 107,362 Standard Pipe 670,473 732,476 934,600 712,965 Oil Country Goods 1,284,128 1,505,575 803,983 827,267 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 910,019 1,186,048 768,476 959,075 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 363,517 440,834 284,915 293,093 Line Pipe - Not Specified 294,407 262,307 306,813 222,653 Mechanical Tubing 262,594 366,096 365,140 378,505 Pressure Tubing 59,461 121,001 57,476 100,345 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,480 21,438 11,924 22,404 Structural Pipe & Tube 299,607 350,755 425,061 346,820 Pipe For Piling 8,741 7,803 23,110 16,484 Wire Drawn 383,993 471,283 422,679 404,460 Black Plate 17,282 13,116 36,806 25,412 Tin Plate 173,686 155,695 313,514 244,838 Tin Free Steel 73,107 71,067 79,968 68,373 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,648,955 1,225,508 1,477,452 817,908 Sheets Cold Rolled 567,773 456,784 817,651 503,815 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 944,948 895,871 1,236,235 1,030,776 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 69,291 73,533 70,096 62,154 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 279,288 310,336 399,632 377,766 Strip - Hot Rolled 27,855 22,431 54,947 37,646 Strip - Cold Rolled 58,961 96,438 69,682 100,195 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 2008 (CB-08-158)