Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1C: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Carbon (Non-Alloy) Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding 2003 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,264,992 514,790 1,380,844 554,145 Ingots And Steel For Castings 22 12 0 0 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 301,561 74,488 366,207 91,297 Wire Rods 147,604 47,253 169,970 51,069 Structural Shapes Heavy 49,155 18,498 34,235 13,648 Steel Piling 6,821 3,827 8,036 4,338 Plates Cut Lengths 12,848 4,736 14,830 5,635 Plates In Coils 27,212 9,316 29,709 10,137 Rails Standard 15,569 7,593 13,340 6,457 Rails All Other 813 426 946 636 Railroad Accessories 894 550 1,042 717 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,864 31,341 57,740 24,487 Bars - Light Shaped 11,433 4,812 13,271 5,776 Bars - Reinforcing 37,910 12,001 69,475 20,460 Bars - Cold Finished 11,054 8,035 11,685 8,247 Standard Pipe 60,573 31,286 78,555 38,876 Oil Country Goods 21,667 11,524 39,771 19,809 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,723 6,763 17,752 10,554 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17,568 9,621 18,037 12,521 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,845 4,795 11,913 4,664 Mechanical Tubing 30,345 22,251 35,450 23,372 Pressure Tubing 3,629 3,440 2,686 2,533 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 947 1,709 1,488 2,826 Structural Pipe & Tube 25,927 15,599 28,190 15,137 Pipe For Piling 170 99 267 162 Wire Drawn 45,578 29,514 44,004 29,349 Black Plate 2,603 1,652 2,427 1,382 Tin Plate 15,936 10,312 30,439 18,799 Tin Free Steel 5,132 3,102 8,487 5,051 Sheets Hot Rolled 141,988 46,310 90,410 30,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 64,319 28,035 67,657 26,969 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 73,616 42,075 76,217 42,889 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,835 1,659 3,239 1,689 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,921 13,229 20,401 14,877 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,515 2,136 7,051 2,980 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,395 6,791 5,914 6,726 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,254,894 803,217 2,137,200 807,763 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25 14 19 15 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 461,387 112,620 543,687 132,840 Wire Rods 411,296 111,441 128,464 40,042 Structural Shapes Heavy 43,456 14,088 30,544 11,101 Steel Piling 6,380 3,620 18,830 10,462 Plates Cut Lengths 45,160 14,255 45,577 14,739 Plates In Coils 59,511 18,316 78,073 23,493 Rails Standard 19,316 8,471 17,009 7,950 Rails All Other 773 403 1,565 748 Railroad Accessories 1,007 894 431 307 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,268 23,436 64,968 26,299 Bars - Light Shaped 7,257 2,796 12,099 4,031 Bars - Reinforcing 27,628 6,582 55,204 13,207 Bars - Cold Finished 11,919 7,721 11,637 7,986 Standard Pipe 68,397 32,300 75,678 36,335 Oil Country Goods 12,243 7,123 27,883 16,117 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,432 17,358 36,330 20,904 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,832 8,667 18,647 9,282 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,425 2,212 11,309 3,881 Mechanical Tubing 24,338 17,803 35,300 22,435 Pressure Tubing 3,402 4,422 3,915 3,882 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 914 1,174 1,147 1,469 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,046 12,917 22,356 11,290 Pipe For Piling 353 196 498 244 Wire Drawn 44,216 28,365 48,043 30,834 Black Plate 3,011 2,019 9,046 5,167 Tin Plate 18,766 10,697 17,033 9,787 Tin Free Steel 5,310 2,791 10,482 5,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 495,490 157,520 348,223 113,764 Sheets Cold Rolled 148,310 60,142 183,918 72,421 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 146,437 77,622 224,696 114,933 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,076 6,150 9,486 4,714 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,699 17,229 26,633 18,153 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,580 2,099 9,627 4,200 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,236 9,756 8,840 8,808 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,035,748 6,882,231 25,161,170 8,483,787 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,187 2,304 3,440 4,754 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,445,477 847,286 6,793,549 1,377,478 Wire Rods 1,935,617 575,408 3,117,663 857,688 Structural Shapes Heavy 386,199 147,364 568,720 183,936 Steel Piling 91,134 50,003 144,532 78,514 Plates Cut Lengths 284,499 95,320 500,082 156,863 Plates In Coils 400,931 129,622 747,133 214,697 Rails Standard 122,777 57,707 187,441 87,749 Rails All Other 15,944 8,364 14,289 7,345 Railroad Accessories 8,755 5,611 13,065 9,001 Bars - Hot Rolled 750,957 318,335 785,701 295,072 Bars - Light Shaped 152,366 65,994 136,152 45,878 Bars - Reinforcing 924,437 255,670 1,157,753 251,317 Bars - Cold Finished 142,510 97,400 155,462 100,998 Standard Pipe 885,067 445,377 977,376 457,403 Oil Country Goods 461,408 240,686 307,111 165,209 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 315,330 178,947 481,488 278,336 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 286,281 169,472 235,587 124,394 Line Pipe - Not Specified 162,652 67,846 129,656 46,836 Mechanical Tubing 389,781 268,447 388,868 256,792 Pressure Tubing 42,576 35,159 45,644 41,664 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,182 20,048 15,973 18,235 Structural Pipe & Tube 348,271 175,170 322,795 157,676 Pipe For Piling 7,840 4,428 13,212 5,663 Wire Drawn 561,235 366,124 563,428 363,740 Black Plate 42,480 28,781 89,675 47,183 Tin Plate 282,021 172,662 253,792 142,770 Tin Free Steel 74,457 45,505 104,869 61,232 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,968,200 633,749 3,407,861 1,005,505 Sheets Cold Rolled 846,659 359,080 1,360,442 499,129 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,148,537 641,164 1,540,658 765,067 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 79,750 39,564 122,681 54,683 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 282,021 206,304 299,503 191,871 Strip - Hot Rolled 83,247 34,710 81,359 33,022 Strip - Cold Rolled 84,960 92,620 94,206 96,087 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2003