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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,324,688 1,268,783 1,915,417 980,069 Ingots And Steel For Castings 502 1,691 44 34 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 588,890 239,526 332,703 111,903 Wire Rods 250,590 116,576 283,041 115,628 Structural Shapes Heavy 55,103 26,472 34,992 18,738 Steel Piling 9,270 5,843 16,471 8,890 Plates Cut Lengths 28,586 15,378 31,983 16,486 Plates In Coils 51,610 24,402 65,677 26,122 Rails Standard 15,933 7,798 24,138 11,268 Rails All Other 1,905 1,224 1,775 964 Railroad Accessories 235 169 853 546 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,810 35,853 70,727 39,229 Bars - Light Shaped 14,277 7,815 13,581 7,783 Bars - Reinforcing 161,228 91,990 166,753 75,445 Bars - Cold Finished 13,687 12,450 14,288 13,017 Standard Pipe 95,913 65,560 109,138 69,445 Oil Country Goods 51,464 35,329 63,175 38,912 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,198 11,304 18,334 10,027 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 20,343 13,389 18,968 11,110 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,517 9,320 13,538 6,411 Mechanical Tubing 35,420 33,731 36,916 32,684 Pressure Tubing 4,284 4,321 8,326 5,741 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 742 1,448 795 1,495 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,962 30,938 36,263 29,748 Pipe For Piling 208 175 519 349 Wire Drawn 66,538 53,741 63,034 48,895 Black Plate 2,449 1,920 3,577 2,308 Tin Plate 34,736 22,229 18,226 11,668 Tin Free Steel 10,168 6,747 6,633 4,869 Sheets Hot Rolled 283,323 137,614 194,205 80,600 Sheets Cold Rolled 168,900 93,900 58,502 32,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 166,056 121,242 164,354 113,038 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,731 1,691 5,818 3,182 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,254 21,725 23,178 18,937 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,762 4,983 8,440 4,647 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,093 10,286 6,452 7,931 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,390,884 581,202 1,328,847 551,184 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2 3 0 0 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 287,326 75,830 235,347 56,615 Wire Rods 116,228 34,360 147,825 45,088 Structural Shapes Heavy 27,933 11,871 30,264 10,981 Steel Piling 5,752 3,375 3,079 1,601 Plates Cut Lengths 14,409 5,108 20,755 6,879 Plates In Coils 28,984 9,413 33,316 10,889 Rails Standard 6,803 3,093 11,335 4,749 Rails All Other 1,875 978 1,683 675 Railroad Accessories 1,052 609 673 461 Bars - Hot Rolled 84,262 33,377 52,037 22,954 Bars - Light Shaped 10,229 4,379 9,772 4,551 Bars - Reinforcing 37,660 12,264 30,635 8,355 Bars - Cold Finished 12,709 8,643 11,630 8,008 Standard Pipe 78,674 39,352 76,631 36,992 Oil Country Goods 48,530 24,066 37,185 19,225 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 46,263 25,287 37,503 18,855 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 26,437 14,823 14,595 7,191 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,750 8,635 12,876 4,745 Mechanical Tubing 33,266 23,137 32,459 22,677 Pressure Tubing 3,846 2,736 2,810 2,205 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,162 1,370 1,551 1,677 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,018 13,351 38,172 18,706 Pipe For Piling 1,792 858 406 240 Wire Drawn 49,232 31,967 52,041 33,367 Black Plate 3,356 2,231 2,575 2,060 Tin Plate 29,851 17,928 21,754 13,480 Tin Free Steel 5,516 3,408 7,871 4,676 Sheets Hot Rolled 174,971 54,961 175,475 56,461 Sheets Cold Rolled 68,476 29,300 72,168 31,574 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 88,436 52,255 109,748 62,905 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,229 4,091 7,589 3,614 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,133 16,640 22,797 17,748 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,076 3,295 6,336 2,528 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,646 8,209 7,953 8,452 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,320,477 4,401,442 7,596,879 3,055,680 Ingots And Steel For Castings 571 1,738 30 37 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,105,669 666,863 1,459,443 363,549 Wire Rods 1,347,735 504,280 788,213 226,144 Structural Shapes Heavy 215,296 97,889 154,643 55,062 Steel Piling 46,293 26,533 30,774 17,379 Plates Cut Lengths 145,585 63,027 140,505 46,352 Plates In Coils 207,103 82,659 208,861 66,959 Rails Standard 87,380 43,174 68,952 32,526 Rails All Other 7,282 4,144 7,457 3,709 Railroad Accessories 3,079 1,827 4,916 2,889 Bars - Hot Rolled 318,063 163,428 331,191 138,402 Bars - Light Shaped 82,047 44,212 56,785 25,635 Bars - Reinforcing 593,652 256,181 279,647 71,262 Bars - Cold Finished 67,297 55,956 64,247 43,075 Standard Pipe 428,938 262,802 368,583 183,972 Oil Country Goods 255,602 151,030 163,342 86,078 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 98,120 54,608 172,665 94,749 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 106,161 59,877 114,172 61,240 Line Pipe - Not Specified 86,691 38,190 63,914 24,860 Mechanical Tubing 180,565 150,832 160,929 111,810 Pressure Tubing 29,626 23,493 15,712 12,629 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,768 7,270 5,473 6,848 Structural Pipe & Tube 182,794 131,488 155,216 75,550 Pipe For Piling 1,717 1,248 3,196 1,728 Wire Drawn 290,501 216,185 246,654 159,710 Black Plate 19,327 11,975 21,483 14,068 Tin Plate 101,331 64,400 116,199 69,661 Tin Free Steel 37,974 26,546 31,834 19,034 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,054,542 422,450 1,039,899 338,444 Sheets Cold Rolled 419,549 214,227 450,440 190,195 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 591,870 393,243 630,444 342,427 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,627 11,763 38,832 19,441 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 111,445 87,430 128,240 94,209 Strip - Hot Rolled 36,261 19,118 35,674 14,909 Strip - Cold Rolled 35,016 41,354 38,310 41,137 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 May 2004