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 August 2004 July 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,707,613 1,692,434 2,347,759 1,428,945 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10 5 17 9 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 512,941 229,078 365,440 158,540 Wire Rods 247,480 131,195 291,757 150,421 Structural Shapes Heavy 35,875 23,705 35,361 18,706 Steel Piling 16,938 11,258 3,064 2,356 Plates Cut Lengths 70,674 43,826 68,866 40,187 Plates In Coils 100,556 58,672 74,985 43,033 Rails Standard 5,872 2,877 12,349 6,661 Rails All Other 2,871 2,214 2,143 1,504 Railroad Accessories 883 518 674 579 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,638 47,460 77,880 46,414 Bars - Light Shaped 20,186 11,407 17,171 9,776 Bars - Reinforcing 223,199 123,073 158,601 76,216 Bars - Cold Finished 15,924 17,664 14,467 16,478 Standard Pipe 147,535 109,727 102,130 73,284 Oil Country Goods 47,581 43,931 50,605 40,995 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,753 14,556 20,920 12,005 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 27,717 19,549 24,645 18,398 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,526 12,904 14,442 8,256 Mechanical Tubing 41,797 43,860 37,165 36,932 Pressure Tubing 5,003 5,361 3,978 3,754 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,065 1,885 915 1,711 Structural Pipe & Tube 47,540 44,458 38,260 34,074 Pipe For Piling 1,125 685 959 727 Wire Drawn 63,487 57,150 58,184 52,197 Black Plate 5,848 3,929 2,692 1,908 Tin Plate 37,755 24,825 32,569 20,702 Tin Free Steel 8,702 5,974 9,704 6,646 Sheets Hot Rolled 372,782 207,940 341,668 186,495 Sheets Cold Rolled 195,288 125,675 163,549 106,852 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 255,661 199,353 270,762 206,692 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,213 5,132 6,639 4,703 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 55,137 48,237 29,144 26,000 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,868 4,419 7,795 4,993 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,184 9,932 8,258 10,743 ______________________________________________________________ July 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,490,146 1,483,744 Ingots And Steel For Castings 29 15 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 421,403 160,889 Wire Rods 291,808 150,437 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,010 19,225 Steel Piling 5,153 3,703 Plates Cut Lengths 68,917 40,225 Plates In Coils 76,368 43,918 Rails Standard 12,494 6,778 Rails All Other 2,143 1,504 Railroad Accessories 674 579 Bars - Hot Rolled 82,923 48,791 Bars - Light Shaped 17,307 9,875 Bars - Reinforcing 190,584 91,591 Bars - Cold Finished 15,472 16,511 Standard Pipe 103,467 75,036 Oil Country Goods 60,127 47,617 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,285 12,992 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 28,726 20,900 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,464 8,269 Mechanical Tubing 38,521 37,874 Pressure Tubing 4,351 4,144 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 957 1,799 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,796 34,373 Pipe For Piling 1,155 807 Wire Drawn 58,707 52,716 Black Plate 2,706 1,923 Tin Plate 32,702 20,782 Tin Free Steel 9,738 6,678 Sheets Hot Rolled 362,005 200,343 Sheets Cold Rolled 164,344 107,359 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 272,877 208,478 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,730 4,849 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 29,450 26,252 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,842 5,030 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,913 11,483 ______________________________________________________________ August 2003 July 2003 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 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 August 2004 (CB-04-164)