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 June 2004 May 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,499,940 1,427,638 2,008,792 1,100,319 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24 13 6 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 559,523 238,008 496,931 206,153 Wire Rods 306,871 149,066 230,680 108,508 Structural Shapes Heavy 46,416 23,687 53,665 25,564 Steel Piling 16,292 10,466 9,081 5,706 Plates Cut Lengths 37,332 21,459 14,841 8,615 Plates In Coils 78,190 40,957 38,823 18,514 Rails Standard 3,031 1,351 15,774 7,707 Rails All Other 765 541 1,483 977 Railroad Accessories 697 515 436 152 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,783 40,443 61,420 34,549 Bars - Light Shaped 11,079 6,554 13,766 7,519 Bars - Reinforcing 160,339 83,008 152,057 80,817 Bars - Cold Finished 16,290 16,219 11,870 10,988 Standard Pipe 108,421 78,025 79,696 55,032 Oil Country Goods 62,161 45,401 47,016 32,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,534 13,441 14,375 7,848 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 23,626 15,765 18,595 12,243 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,665 4,446 20,052 9,091 Mechanical Tubing 34,538 35,777 31,603 29,933 Pressure Tubing 3,419 3,556 3,147 3,075 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 781 1,459 703 1,358 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,715 35,851 36,767 28,893 Pipe For Piling 985 734 156 175 Wire Drawn 66,970 56,087 61,881 49,911 Black Plate 7,577 5,029 2,214 1,727 Tin Plate 27,195 16,976 31,652 19,931 Tin Free Steel 7,650 5,383 10,008 6,636 Sheets Hot Rolled 327,008 165,204 218,668 102,875 Sheets Cold Rolled 175,985 106,620 135,883 76,347 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 212,109 153,015 152,238 110,865 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,050 6,427 2,684 1,657 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 38,393 31,588 26,601 21,158 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,146 5,051 6,591 3,918 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,381 9,516 7,428 9,274 ______________________________________________________________ May 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,324,688 1,268,783 Ingots And Steel For Castings 502 1,691 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 588,890 239,526 Wire Rods 250,590 116,576 Structural Shapes Heavy 55,103 26,472 Steel Piling 9,270 5,843 Plates Cut Lengths 28,586 15,378 Plates In Coils 51,610 24,402 Rails Standard 15,933 7,798 Rails All Other 1,905 1,224 Railroad Accessories 235 169 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,810 35,853 Bars - Light Shaped 14,277 7,815 Bars - Reinforcing 161,228 91,990 Bars - Cold Finished 13,687 12,450 Standard Pipe 95,913 65,560 Oil Country Goods 51,464 35,329 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,198 11,304 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 20,343 13,389 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,517 9,320 Mechanical Tubing 35,420 33,731 Pressure Tubing 4,284 4,321 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 742 1,448 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,962 30,938 Pipe For Piling 208 175 Wire Drawn 66,538 53,741 Black Plate 2,449 1,920 Tin Plate 34,736 22,229 Tin Free Steel 10,168 6,747 Sheets Hot Rolled 283,323 137,614 Sheets Cold Rolled 168,900 93,900 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 166,056 121,242 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,731 1,691 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,254 21,725 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,762 4,983 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,093 10,286 ______________________________________________________________ June 2003 May 2003 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,213,326 523,520 1,390,884 581,202 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47 32 2 3 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 168,344 44,750 287,326 75,830 Wire Rods 152,143 47,228 116,228 34,360 Structural Shapes Heavy 28,440 10,624 27,933 11,871 Steel Piling 9,216 5,382 5,752 3,375 Plates Cut Lengths 17,675 5,775 14,409 5,108 Plates In Coils 23,970 7,704 28,984 9,413 Rails Standard 10,265 4,090 6,803 3,093 Rails All Other 1,665 812 1,875 978 Railroad Accessories 177 139 1,052 609 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,736 27,199 84,262 33,377 Bars - Light Shaped 14,103 5,899 10,229 4,379 Bars - Reinforcing 93,452 26,421 37,660 12,264 Bars - Cold Finished 14,633 9,180 12,709 8,643 Standard Pipe 65,501 33,774 78,674 39,352 Oil Country Goods 43,592 22,823 48,530 24,066 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 10,696 5,924 46,263 25,287 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 41,015 30,959 26,437 14,823 Line Pipe - Not Specified 18,767 8,844 20,750 8,635 Mechanical Tubing 30,025 20,606 33,266 23,137 Pressure Tubing 3,517 2,459 3,846 2,736 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,266 1,536 1,162 1,370 Structural Pipe & Tube 24,568 12,529 27,018 13,351 Pipe For Piling 681 408 1,792 858 Wire Drawn 45,689 30,516 49,232 31,967 Black Plate 3,330 2,625 3,356 2,231 Tin Plate 25,786 15,822 29,851 17,928 Tin Free Steel 6,432 4,154 5,516 3,408 Sheets Hot Rolled 122,890 40,465 174,971 54,961 Sheets Cold Rolled 54,839 23,764 68,476 29,300 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 65,023 38,747 88,436 52,255 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,118 5,319 8,229 4,091 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 21,064 15,874 24,133 16,640 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,043 3,769 8,076 3,295 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,620 7,366 7,646 8,209 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. 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: Preliminary June 2004 (CB-04-118)