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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,822,140 832,884 1,457,194 616,866 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9 5 8 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 374,012 106,487 300,447 78,229 Wire Rods 349,504 122,556 200,709 67,477 Structural Shapes Heavy 38,474 18,637 53,901 20,630 Steel Piling 10,121 5,809 6,624 3,982 Plates Cut Lengths 31,982 12,175 27,079 9,584 Plates In Coils 26,166 10,839 24,807 8,689 Rails Standard 18,694 8,763 13,337 7,284 Rails All Other 1,755 944 987 507 Railroad Accessories 753 480 753 311 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,548 29,123 55,232 26,886 Bars - Light Shaped 28,029 15,586 14,351 7,611 Bars - Reinforcing 80,932 31,769 101,598 30,998 Bars - Cold Finished 13,120 10,691 13,581 9,972 Standard Pipe 72,077 47,699 76,643 41,537 Oil Country Goods 36,774 22,313 33,321 17,109 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,006 12,601 10,277 5,496 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21,002 11,782 20,405 10,084 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17,628 8,427 15,895 6,511 Mechanical Tubing 32,016 28,917 41,305 30,653 Pressure Tubing 6,438 5,042 7,348 5,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 655 1,397 687 1,367 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,136 28,113 37,400 23,529 Pipe For Piling 493 342 320 213 Wire Drawn 60,721 44,250 49,425 34,878 Black Plate 2,665 1,823 6,491 3,579 Tin Plate 16,048 10,294 15,553 9,695 Tin Free Steel 7,797 5,662 6,615 4,902 Sheets Hot Rolled 217,195 81,817 162,346 56,428 Sheets Cold Rolled 68,451 33,315 59,050 27,226 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,358 82,901 63,926 39,050 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,530 3,654 4,417 2,073 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,996 15,792 19,442 14,809 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,646 4,102 6,017 2,921 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,407 8,779 6,895 7,415 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,713,960 655,318 1,227,621 523,410 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13 6 14 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 358,004 86,345 179,937 44,433 Wire Rods 303,828 80,089 70,567 23,373 Structural Shapes Heavy 31,043 10,290 23,554 7,887 Steel Piling 8,244 4,620 6,126 3,435 Plates Cut Lengths 46,054 14,960 22,055 7,312 Plates In Coils 32,043 10,601 27,343 8,935 Rails Standard 20,274 9,195 14,142 7,378 Rails All Other 1,759 941 787 476 Railroad Accessories 884 608 1,299 645 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,496 26,331 55,419 24,130 Bars - Light Shaped 10,000 4,364 11,667 5,096 Bars - Reinforcing 72,715 17,457 48,832 11,629 Bars - Cold Finished 12,078 8,605 14,878 9,195 Standard Pipe 63,237 34,328 87,318 41,348 Oil Country Goods 22,979 13,001 32,230 16,926 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,213 8,257 21,722 14,901 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 24,986 13,393 16,475 8,783 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,296 4,630 7,018 2,657 Mechanical Tubing 33,513 24,205 24,443 18,007 Pressure Tubing 3,665 2,555 1,806 1,695 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 942 1,573 754 1,080 Structural Pipe & Tube 31,683 14,983 24,461 12,154 Pipe For Piling 434 263 229 145 Wire Drawn 53,542 34,063 43,245 28,592 Black Plate 4,910 3,656 3,882 2,344 Tin Plate 24,371 15,039 22,213 13,052 Tin Free Steel 6,656 4,057 7,015 4,103 Sheets Hot Rolled 192,445 63,755 188,924 62,893 Sheets Cold Rolled 85,779 38,029 96,581 40,455 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 131,413 69,915 114,138 61,336 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,471 4,469 10,104 5,206 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 25,329 19,723 33,559 23,006 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,147 2,668 7,646 3,168 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,515 8,343 7,237 7,632 ______________________________________________________________ March Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,080,371 2,152,589 4,877,147 1,923,294 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24 13 28 34 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,184,076 315,434 936,770 231,104 Wire Rods 814,104 272,076 524,160 146,696 Structural Shapes Heavy 125,202 52,679 96,447 32,210 Steel Piling 20,553 11,800 21,943 12,402 Plates Cut Lengths 85,017 31,163 105,341 34,366 Plates In Coils 89,816 32,134 146,562 46,657 Rails Standard 47,309 24,108 50,815 24,684 Rails All Other 3,602 1,955 3,899 2,057 Railroad Accessories 1,992 1,112 3,192 1,820 Bars - Hot Rolled 183,525 88,346 194,892 82,072 Bars - Light Shaped 54,189 28,614 36,785 16,706 Bars - Reinforcing 265,670 88,746 211,352 50,644 Bars - Cold Finished 39,321 30,489 39,908 26,424 Standard Pipe 223,887 127,797 213,278 107,628 Oil Country Goods 140,963 76,789 77,627 42,786 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 57,587 33,278 88,899 50,607 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 66,851 35,379 73,140 39,226 Line Pipe - Not Specified 52,637 22,458 30,289 11,480 Mechanical Tubing 108,229 84,416 95,203 65,996 Pressure Tubing 17,016 13,430 9,056 7,688 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,232 4,327 2,760 3,800 Structural Pipe & Tube 107,569 70,802 90,026 43,494 Pipe For Piling 990 724 998 630 Wire Drawn 160,929 113,549 145,381 94,376 Black Plate 13,301 7,747 15,552 9,777 Tin Plate 48,369 30,503 64,594 38,253 Tin Free Steel 21,173 14,930 18,447 10,951 Sheets Hot Rolled 577,014 204,236 689,453 227,022 Sheets Cold Rolled 192,147 88,309 309,795 129,321 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 261,460 158,963 432,260 227,268 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,078 6,889 23,014 11,736 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 61,013 46,768 81,310 59,820 Strip - Hot Rolled 19,059 9,488 21,261 9,086 Strip - Cold Rolled 20,471 23,138 22,711 24,476 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 March 2004