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 2004 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,457,194 616,866 1,801,037 702,839 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8 4 8 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 300,447 78,229 509,617 130,718 Wire Rods 200,709 67,477 263,890 82,043 Structural Shapes Heavy 53,901 20,630 32,828 13,412 Steel Piling 6,624 3,982 3,807 2,009 Plates Cut Lengths 27,079 9,584 25,955 9,405 Plates In Coils 24,807 8,689 38,842 12,607 Rails Standard 13,337 7,284 15,277 8,061 Rails All Other 987 507 860 504 Railroad Accessories 753 311 486 320 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,232 26,886 71,744 32,337 Bars - Light Shaped 14,351 7,611 11,810 5,417 Bars - Reinforcing 101,598 30,998 83,140 25,979 Bars - Cold Finished 13,581 9,972 12,620 9,826 Standard Pipe 76,643 41,537 75,167 38,561 Oil Country Goods 33,321 17,109 70,868 37,368 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 10,277 5,496 27,304 15,180 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 20,405 10,084 25,444 13,513 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15,895 6,511 19,113 7,521 Mechanical Tubing 41,305 30,653 34,908 24,846 Pressure Tubing 7,348 5,226 3,231 3,162 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 687 1,367 890 1,562 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,400 23,529 34,032 19,160 Pipe For Piling 320 213 176 169 Wire Drawn 49,425 34,878 50,783 34,421 Black Plate 6,491 3,579 4,145 2,345 Tin Plate 15,553 9,695 16,768 10,514 Tin Free Steel 6,615 4,902 6,761 4,366 Sheets Hot Rolled 162,346 56,428 197,473 65,991 Sheets Cold Rolled 59,050 27,226 64,645 27,768 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 63,926 39,050 62,176 37,012 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,417 2,073 2,131 1,162 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,442 14,809 22,575 16,167 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,017 2,921 5,396 2,465 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,895 7,415 6,168 6,944 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,227,621 523,410 1,935,566 744,566 Ingots And Steel For Castings 14 4 1 24 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 179,937 44,433 398,829 100,325 Wire Rods 70,567 23,373 149,765 43,234 Structural Shapes Heavy 23,554 7,887 41,849 14,032 Steel Piling 6,126 3,435 7,573 4,347 Plates Cut Lengths 22,055 7,312 37,231 12,094 Plates In Coils 27,343 8,935 87,176 27,122 Rails Standard 14,142 7,378 16,398 8,111 Rails All Other 787 476 1,353 641 Railroad Accessories 1,299 645 1,009 566 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,419 24,130 79,977 31,610 Bars - Light Shaped 11,667 5,096 15,118 7,247 Bars - Reinforcing 48,832 11,629 89,805 21,557 Bars - Cold Finished 14,878 9,195 12,952 8,624 Standard Pipe 87,318 41,348 62,723 31,951 Oil Country Goods 32,230 16,926 22,418 12,859 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,722 14,901 48,964 27,449 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16,475 8,783 31,678 17,050 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,018 2,657 11,974 4,192 Mechanical Tubing 24,443 18,007 37,247 23,784 Pressure Tubing 1,806 1,695 3,586 3,438 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 754 1,080 1,065 1,147 Structural Pipe & Tube 24,461 12,154 33,882 16,356 Pipe For Piling 229 145 334 222 Wire Drawn 43,245 28,592 48,594 31,721 Black Plate 3,882 2,344 6,761 3,777 Tin Plate 22,213 13,052 18,010 10,162 Tin Free Steel 7,015 4,103 4,776 2,791 Sheets Hot Rolled 188,924 62,893 308,084 100,374 Sheets Cold Rolled 96,581 40,455 127,436 50,837 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 114,138 61,336 186,709 96,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,104 5,206 4,439 2,061 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 33,559 23,006 22,422 17,091 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,646 3,168 7,468 3,250 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,237 7,632 7,960 8,501 ______________________________________________________________ February Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,258,231 1,319,706 3,163,187 1,267,976 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16 8 15 28 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 810,064 208,947 578,767 144,758 Wire Rods 464,600 149,520 220,332 66,607 Structural Shapes Heavy 86,729 34,042 65,404 21,919 Steel Piling 10,431 5,992 13,699 7,782 Plates Cut Lengths 53,034 18,989 59,286 19,406 Plates In Coils 63,649 21,295 114,519 36,056 Rails Standard 28,614 15,345 30,541 15,489 Rails All Other 1,847 1,011 2,141 1,116 Railroad Accessories 1,239 631 2,309 1,211 Bars - Hot Rolled 126,977 59,223 135,396 55,740 Bars - Light Shaped 26,161 13,028 26,785 12,342 Bars - Reinforcing 184,738 56,976 138,637 33,187 Bars - Cold Finished 26,201 19,798 27,830 17,819 Standard Pipe 151,810 80,098 150,041 73,300 Oil Country Goods 104,189 54,477 54,648 29,785 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,581 20,677 70,686 42,350 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 45,849 23,597 48,153 25,834 Line Pipe - Not Specified 35,008 14,031 18,992 6,850 Mechanical Tubing 76,213 55,499 61,691 41,791 Pressure Tubing 10,579 8,388 5,392 5,133 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,577 2,929 1,818 2,227 Structural Pipe & Tube 71,433 42,689 58,343 28,510 Pipe For Piling 497 382 564 367 Wire Drawn 100,208 69,299 91,840 60,313 Black Plate 10,636 5,925 10,642 6,121 Tin Plate 32,321 20,209 40,223 23,214 Tin Free Steel 13,376 9,268 11,790 6,894 Sheets Hot Rolled 359,819 122,419 497,008 163,267 Sheets Cold Rolled 123,695 54,994 224,016 91,292 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 126,102 76,062 300,847 157,353 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,548 3,236 14,544 7,267 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,017 30,976 55,981 40,097 Strip - Hot Rolled 11,412 5,386 15,114 6,418 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,063 14,359 15,196 16,133 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 January 2004