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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,843,023 1,768,353 2,490,146 1,483,744 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10 5 29 15 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 531,375 235,827 421,403 160,889 Wire Rods 287,880 150,064 291,808 150,437 Structural Shapes Heavy 35,875 23,705 36,010 19,225 Steel Piling 16,938 11,258 5,153 3,703 Plates Cut Lengths 72,319 45,008 68,917 40,225 Plates In Coils 125,951 73,413 76,368 43,918 Rails Standard 6,002 2,984 12,494 6,778 Rails All Other 2,962 2,289 2,143 1,504 Railroad Accessories 655 518 674 579 Bars - Hot Rolled 76,256 48,419 82,923 48,791 Bars - Light Shaped 20,186 11,407 17,307 9,875 Bars - Reinforcing 228,111 125,286 190,584 91,591 Bars - Cold Finished 16,829 18,960 15,472 16,511 Standard Pipe 153,198 114,280 103,467 75,036 Oil Country Goods 52,550 48,107 60,127 47,617 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,451 15,803 22,285 12,992 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 27,721 19,553 28,726 20,900 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,526 12,904 14,464 8,269 Mechanical Tubing 41,916 44,034 38,521 37,874 Pressure Tubing 5,553 5,794 4,351 4,144 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,084 1,899 957 1,799 Structural Pipe & Tube 48,014 44,778 38,796 34,373 Pipe For Piling 1,125 685 1,155 807 Wire Drawn 63,943 57,638 58,707 52,716 Black Plate 5,950 3,986 2,706 1,923 Tin Plate 37,755 24,825 32,702 20,782 Tin Free Steel 8,747 5,974 9,738 6,678 Sheets Hot Rolled 390,631 218,455 362,005 200,343 Sheets Cold Rolled 195,700 125,936 164,344 107,359 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 264,432 205,790 272,877 208,478 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,218 5,135 6,730 4,849 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 55,595 48,778 29,450 26,252 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,131 4,602 7,842 5,030 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,436 10,254 8,913 11,483 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,290,345 526,928 1,490,284 595,113 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13 7 6,864 2,084 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 239,144 57,886 342,538 82,749 Wire Rods 149,875 45,604 169,235 50,241 Structural Shapes Heavy 28,475 11,384 30,896 13,174 Steel Piling 7,146 3,877 9,552 5,089 Plates Cut Lengths 22,646 7,427 28,016 9,433 Plates In Coils 24,016 7,747 27,146 8,557 Rails Standard 11,131 5,384 305 151 Rails All Other 1,485 760 1,190 784 Railroad Accessories 977 665 142 128 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,988 25,783 55,202 24,400 Bars - Light Shaped 15,994 6,762 11,478 4,707 Bars - Reinforcing 110,945 31,991 111,930 31,771 Bars - Cold Finished 9,360 6,841 10,561 7,545 Standard Pipe 76,343 38,276 84,044 41,045 Oil Country Goods 39,467 20,531 48,191 25,035 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,976 20,276 26,859 18,166 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17,155 10,858 38,030 21,311 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,171 5,188 21,124 10,663 Mechanical Tubing 28,199 18,557 30,226 20,937 Pressure Tubing 3,344 2,754 6,436 3,579 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,025 1,642 1,009 1,428 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,885 17,057 24,260 12,286 Pipe For Piling 1,997 1,014 573 372 Wire Drawn 39,972 27,119 45,443 29,483 Black Plate 3,127 2,735 3,166 2,080 Tin Plate 20,188 12,440 24,214 15,206 Tin Free Steel 4,623 2,913 5,882 3,803 Sheets Hot Rolled 129,657 40,967 150,488 46,639 Sheets Cold Rolled 49,001 20,971 45,958 20,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 66,977 38,147 81,384 48,841 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,839 4,656 6,359 2,962 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,035 17,654 27,018 19,086 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,967 3,222 7,577 2,894 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,202 7,836 6,990 7,980 ______________________________________________________________ August Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,246,712 9,138,066 11,590,834 4,701,242 Ingots And Steel For Castings 636 1,774 6,954 2,160 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,618,313 1,301,686 2,209,470 548,934 Wire Rods 2,236,856 956,136 1,259,466 369,217 Structural Shapes Heavy 333,631 164,562 242,454 90,244 Steel Piling 84,676 51,960 56,687 31,727 Plates Cut Lengths 324,187 169,755 208,842 68,987 Plates In Coils 490,132 242,387 283,993 90,967 Rails Standard 108,928 54,299 90,652 42,151 Rails All Other 13,154 8,482 11,797 6,066 Railroad Accessories 5,105 3,438 6,212 3,821 Bars - Hot Rolled 549,220 301,629 515,117 215,784 Bars - Light Shaped 130,629 72,054 98,360 43,003 Bars - Reinforcing 1,218,791 581,231 595,974 161,445 Bars - Cold Finished 115,934 107,682 98,801 66,640 Standard Pipe 794,280 530,338 594,471 297,067 Oil Country Goods 431,014 292,512 294,593 154,468 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 165,626 96,993 240,196 139,115 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 186,234 116,095 210,372 124,369 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,370 63,820 115,976 49,555 Mechanical Tubing 296,741 269,294 249,379 171,909 Pressure Tubing 42,971 37,004 29,009 21,420 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,590 12,428 8,774 11,454 Structural Pipe & Tube 310,339 246,508 239,929 117,423 Pipe For Piling 4,982 3,474 6,447 3,522 Wire Drawn 480,933 383,393 377,758 246,828 Black Plate 35,565 22,936 31,106 21,507 Tin Plate 198,982 126,984 186,388 113,130 Tin Free Steel 64,108 44,581 48,771 29,904 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,159,697 1,022,726 1,442,934 466,515 Sheets Cold Rolled 955,909 554,378 600,237 255,434 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,351,668 968,265 843,828 468,162 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 45,624 28,173 66,148 32,377 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 234,890 194,051 200,357 146,822 Strip - Hot Rolled 60,054 34,267 60,261 24,794 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,943 72,773 59,122 64,319 CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2004