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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,894,633 1,786,601 2,843,023 1,768,353 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,005 2,807 10 5 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 654,025 310,968 531,375 235,827 Wire Rods 386,122 203,229 287,880 150,064 Structural Shapes Heavy 31,553 20,249 35,875 23,705 Steel Piling 7,622 5,740 16,938 11,258 Plates Cut Lengths 35,170 23,397 72,319 45,008 Plates In Coils 118,000 67,148 125,951 73,413 Rails Standard 11,543 5,772 6,002 2,984 Rails All Other 1,323 963 2,962 2,289 Railroad Accessories 809 326 655 518 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,000 48,986 76,256 48,419 Bars - Light Shaped 13,963 8,279 20,186 11,407 Bars - Reinforcing 164,636 76,147 228,111 125,286 Bars - Cold Finished 14,631 15,262 16,829 18,960 Standard Pipe 90,995 70,901 153,198 114,280 Oil Country Goods 87,195 64,192 52,550 48,107 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,211 14,219 24,451 15,803 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 23,122 15,761 27,721 19,553 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15,987 10,321 20,526 12,904 Mechanical Tubing 34,195 37,215 41,916 44,034 Pressure Tubing 5,191 5,413 5,553 5,794 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,002 1,815 1,084 1,899 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,220 38,934 48,014 44,778 Pipe For Piling 414 354 1,125 685 Wire Drawn 64,291 57,014 63,943 57,638 Black Plate 3,645 2,910 5,950 3,986 Tin Plate 24,772 16,574 37,755 24,825 Tin Free Steel 6,721 4,857 8,747 5,974 Sheets Hot Rolled 438,360 259,601 390,631 218,455 Sheets Cold Rolled 180,923 118,405 195,700 125,936 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 275,521 219,849 264,432 205,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,606 3,453 7,218 5,135 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,454 38,135 55,595 48,778 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,979 4,756 7,131 4,602 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,426 12,646 8,436 10,254 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,391,090 549,840 1,290,345 526,928 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5 4 13 7 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 274,811 62,576 239,144 57,886 Wire Rods 198,832 58,148 149,875 45,604 Structural Shapes Heavy 30,702 11,775 28,475 11,384 Steel Piling 10,250 5,333 7,146 3,877 Plates Cut Lengths 20,793 6,766 22,646 7,427 Plates In Coils 34,682 10,797 24,016 7,747 Rails Standard 1,284 566 11,131 5,384 Rails All Other 844 380 1,485 760 Railroad Accessories 404 315 977 665 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,930 20,760 60,988 25,783 Bars - Light Shaped 16,213 6,080 15,994 6,762 Bars - Reinforcing 82,344 22,998 110,945 31,991 Bars - Cold Finished 9,528 6,719 9,360 6,841 Standard Pipe 80,131 41,482 76,343 38,276 Oil Country Goods 50,035 25,701 39,467 20,531 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,815 15,840 29,976 20,276 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 23,088 13,671 17,155 10,858 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,851 5,441 12,171 5,188 Mechanical Tubing 34,623 24,489 28,199 18,557 Pressure Tubing 2,707 2,465 3,344 2,754 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,858 2,176 1,025 1,642 Structural Pipe & Tube 26,414 12,564 35,885 17,057 Pipe For Piling 657 429 1,997 1,014 Wire Drawn 45,141 29,114 39,972 27,119 Black Plate 3,129 2,001 3,127 2,735 Tin Plate 19,788 12,207 20,188 12,440 Tin Free Steel 5,894 3,671 4,623 2,913 Sheets Hot Rolled 163,235 50,072 129,657 40,967 Sheets Cold Rolled 50,109 22,048 49,001 20,971 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 76,837 44,226 66,977 38,147 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,768 2,234 9,839 4,656 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,720 16,442 24,035 17,654 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,579 2,677 7,967 3,222 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,089 7,675 7,202 7,836 ______________________________________________________________ September Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,141,345 10,924,666 12,981,923 5,251,082 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,641 4,581 6,958 2,165 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,272,337 1,612,654 2,484,281 611,509 Wire Rods 2,622,978 1,159,364 1,458,298 427,365 Structural Shapes Heavy 365,183 184,811 273,156 102,018 Steel Piling 92,298 57,700 66,938 37,061 Plates Cut Lengths 359,357 193,152 229,635 75,753 Plates In Coils 608,132 309,535 318,675 101,764 Rails Standard 120,471 60,071 91,936 42,717 Rails All Other 14,477 9,445 12,641 6,446 Railroad Accessories 5,915 3,764 6,616 4,136 Bars - Hot Rolled 620,220 350,615 559,047 236,544 Bars - Light Shaped 144,593 80,333 114,573 49,082 Bars - Reinforcing 1,383,428 657,378 678,318 184,443 Bars - Cold Finished 130,564 122,944 108,329 73,359 Standard Pipe 885,275 601,239 674,602 338,550 Oil Country Goods 518,208 356,703 344,628 180,168 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 187,837 111,212 268,011 154,955 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 209,357 131,856 233,460 138,041 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145,357 74,141 129,826 54,996 Mechanical Tubing 330,936 306,509 284,002 196,398 Pressure Tubing 48,161 42,418 31,716 23,886 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,592 14,242 10,632 13,630 Structural Pipe & Tube 350,560 285,443 266,344 129,986 Pipe For Piling 5,395 3,828 7,104 3,951 Wire Drawn 545,224 440,406 422,899 275,942 Black Plate 39,210 25,846 34,235 23,508 Tin Plate 223,755 143,557 206,176 125,337 Tin Free Steel 70,829 49,438 54,665 33,574 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,598,057 1,282,327 1,606,169 516,587 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,136,832 672,783 650,346 277,482 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,627,189 1,188,114 920,665 512,388 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 50,230 31,627 70,916 34,611 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 277,344 232,187 223,077 163,264 Strip - Hot Rolled 67,033 39,023 66,840 27,471 Strip - Cold Rolled 71,369 85,419 66,211 71,995 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 September 2004