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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,915,417 980,069 1,822,140 832,884 Ingots And Steel For Castings 44 34 9 5 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 332,703 111,903 374,012 106,487 Wire Rods 283,041 115,628 349,504 122,556 Structural Shapes Heavy 34,992 18,738 38,474 18,637 Steel Piling 16,471 8,890 10,121 5,809 Plates Cut Lengths 31,983 16,486 31,982 12,175 Plates In Coils 65,677 26,122 26,166 10,839 Rails Standard 24,138 11,268 18,694 8,763 Rails All Other 1,775 964 1,755 944 Railroad Accessories 853 546 753 480 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,727 39,229 56,548 29,123 Bars - Light Shaped 13,581 7,783 28,029 15,586 Bars - Reinforcing 166,753 75,445 80,932 31,769 Bars - Cold Finished 14,288 13,017 13,120 10,691 Standard Pipe 109,138 69,445 72,077 47,699 Oil Country Goods 63,175 38,912 36,774 22,313 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,334 10,027 20,006 12,601 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18,968 11,110 21,002 11,782 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,538 6,411 17,628 8,427 Mechanical Tubing 36,916 32,684 32,016 28,917 Pressure Tubing 8,326 5,741 6,438 5,042 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 795 1,495 655 1,397 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,263 29,748 36,136 28,113 Pipe For Piling 519 349 493 342 Wire Drawn 63,034 48,895 60,721 44,250 Black Plate 3,577 2,308 2,665 1,823 Tin Plate 18,226 11,668 16,048 10,294 Tin Free Steel 6,633 4,869 7,797 5,662 Sheets Hot Rolled 194,205 80,600 217,195 81,817 Sheets Cold Rolled 58,502 32,017 68,451 33,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 164,354 113,038 135,358 82,901 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,818 3,182 6,530 3,654 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,178 18,937 18,996 15,792 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,440 4,647 7,646 4,102 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,452 7,931 7,407 8,779 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,328,847 551,184 1,713,960 655,318 Ingots And Steel For Castings 0 0 13 6 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 235,347 56,615 358,004 86,345 Wire Rods 147,825 45,088 303,828 80,089 Structural Shapes Heavy 30,264 10,981 31,043 10,290 Steel Piling 3,079 1,601 8,244 4,620 Plates Cut Lengths 20,755 6,879 46,054 14,960 Plates In Coils 33,316 10,889 32,043 10,601 Rails Standard 11,335 4,749 20,274 9,195 Rails All Other 1,683 675 1,759 941 Railroad Accessories 673 461 884 608 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,037 22,954 59,496 26,331 Bars - Light Shaped 9,772 4,551 10,000 4,364 Bars - Reinforcing 30,635 8,355 72,715 17,457 Bars - Cold Finished 11,630 8,008 12,078 8,605 Standard Pipe 76,631 36,992 63,237 34,328 Oil Country Goods 37,185 19,225 22,979 13,001 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,503 18,855 18,213 8,257 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 14,595 7,191 24,986 13,393 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,876 4,745 11,296 4,630 Mechanical Tubing 32,459 22,677 33,513 24,205 Pressure Tubing 2,810 2,205 3,665 2,555 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,551 1,677 942 1,573 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,172 18,706 31,683 14,983 Pipe For Piling 406 240 434 263 Wire Drawn 52,041 33,367 53,542 34,063 Black Plate 2,575 2,060 4,910 3,656 Tin Plate 21,754 13,480 24,371 15,039 Tin Free Steel 7,871 4,676 6,656 4,057 Sheets Hot Rolled 175,475 56,461 192,445 63,755 Sheets Cold Rolled 72,168 31,574 85,779 38,029 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 109,748 62,905 131,413 69,915 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,589 3,614 8,471 4,469 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,797 17,748 25,329 19,723 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,336 2,528 6,147 2,668 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,953 8,452 7,515 8,343 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,995,789 3,132,659 6,205,995 2,474,478 Ingots And Steel For Castings 69 47 28 34 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,516,778 427,337 1,172,117 287,719 Wire Rods 1,097,145 387,704 671,985 191,784 Structural Shapes Heavy 160,194 71,417 126,710 43,191 Steel Piling 37,023 20,690 25,022 14,003 Plates Cut Lengths 117,000 47,649 126,096 41,245 Plates In Coils 155,493 58,256 179,877 57,546 Rails Standard 71,447 35,376 62,149 29,433 Rails All Other 5,377 2,920 5,582 2,732 Railroad Accessories 2,845 1,657 3,865 2,280 Bars - Hot Rolled 254,252 127,575 246,929 105,026 Bars - Light Shaped 67,770 36,397 46,557 21,257 Bars - Reinforcing 432,423 164,191 241,987 58,999 Bars - Cold Finished 53,609 43,506 51,538 34,432 Standard Pipe 333,025 197,243 289,909 144,620 Oil Country Goods 204,138 115,701 114,812 62,011 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 75,921 43,304 126,401 69,462 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 85,819 46,488 87,735 46,418 Line Pipe - Not Specified 66,175 28,870 43,164 16,225 Mechanical Tubing 145,145 117,101 127,663 88,673 Pressure Tubing 25,342 19,172 11,866 9,893 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,027 5,822 4,312 5,478 Structural Pipe & Tube 143,832 100,550 128,198 62,199 Pipe For Piling 1,509 1,072 1,404 870 Wire Drawn 223,963 162,445 197,422 127,743 Black Plate 16,877 10,055 18,127 11,836 Tin Plate 66,595 42,171 86,348 51,733 Tin Free Steel 27,806 19,800 26,318 15,626 Sheets Hot Rolled 771,219 284,836 864,928 283,483 Sheets Cold Rolled 250,649 120,327 381,963 160,895 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 425,814 272,001 542,008 290,173 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,896 10,072 30,603 15,350 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 84,191 65,705 104,107 77,568 Strip - Hot Rolled 27,499 14,135 27,597 11,615 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,923 31,068 30,664 32,928 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 April 2004