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 2008 September 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,964,221 17,309,962 19,598,843 13,891,173 Ingots And Steel For Castings 97 53 1,141 681 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,081,011 2,992,049 4,081,445 1,966,078 Wire Rods 795,584 657,693 1,171,788 634,150 Structural Shapes Heavy 502,904 484,818 554,139 417,869 Steel Piling 73,604 103,522 84,625 90,533 Plates Cut Lengths 473,893 476,829 645,796 450,654 Plates In Coils 650,962 572,815 602,051 351,880 Rails Standard 146,954 124,188 200,082 143,763 Rails All Other 55,744 43,556 55,091 38,449 Railroad Accessories 6,685 6,911 11,409 10,035 Bars - Hot Rolled 363,150 352,804 417,912 302,773 Bars - Light Shaped 116,738 108,168 162,126 105,156 Bars - Reinforcing 811,137 639,400 1,522,054 815,625 Bars - Cold Finished 90,588 128,771 103,472 118,555 Standard Pipe 778,113 874,782 1,027,521 787,028 Oil Country Goods 1,629,419 2,024,082 917,779 938,248 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,038,662 1,364,394 866,355 1,081,954 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 427,015 533,445 317,887 328,709 Line Pipe - Not Specified 333,861 311,740 344,205 247,721 Mechanical Tubing 296,619 423,276 403,962 419,216 Pressure Tubing 67,250 138,843 63,103 111,450 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,519 25,578 12,898 24,969 Structural Pipe & Tube 337,928 402,778 468,339 384,507 Pipe For Piling 9,258 8,466 27,441 19,368 Wire Drawn 425,203 535,201 467,764 448,791 Black Plate 17,752 13,611 39,165 27,113 Tin Plate 204,455 184,814 360,751 282,643 Tin Free Steel 76,388 74,803 86,663 74,211 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,874,796 1,450,276 1,643,719 910,745 Sheets Cold Rolled 634,597 531,241 880,238 544,854 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,104,006 1,085,207 1,365,425 1,141,888 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 80,521 88,514 81,685 72,087 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 355,341 413,830 472,282 445,526 Strip - Hot Rolled 31,179 25,618 60,813 41,898 Strip - Cold Rolled 65,285 107,884 77,719 112,043 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 2008 (CB-08-169)