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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,783,558 1,736,443 2,894,633 1,786,601 Ingots And Steel For Castings 75 48 5,005 2,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 621,340 290,639 654,025 310,968 Wire Rods 297,086 156,039 386,122 203,229 Structural Shapes Heavy 31,997 22,277 31,553 20,249 Steel Piling 6,688 5,256 7,622 5,740 Plates Cut Lengths 37,179 24,611 35,170 23,397 Plates In Coils 119,891 72,316 118,000 67,148 Rails Standard 5,074 5,070 11,543 5,772 Rails All Other 549 409 1,323 963 Railroad Accessories 613 227 809 326 Bars - Hot Rolled 75,599 54,729 71,000 48,986 Bars - Light Shaped 21,000 11,634 13,963 8,279 Bars - Reinforcing 163,447 78,912 164,636 76,147 Bars - Cold Finished 14,834 16,542 14,631 15,262 Standard Pipe 100,403 78,036 90,995 70,901 Oil Country Goods 60,441 50,432 87,195 64,192 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 53,397 33,736 22,211 14,219 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 28,274 21,865 23,122 15,761 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,028 8,956 15,987 10,321 Mechanical Tubing 35,873 38,896 34,195 37,215 Pressure Tubing 3,768 4,453 5,191 5,413 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,064 2,209 1,002 1,815 Structural Pipe & Tube 45,402 41,993 40,220 38,934 Pipe For Piling 201 197 414 354 Wire Drawn 57,942 55,792 64,291 57,014 Black Plate 4,112 3,330 3,645 2,910 Tin Plate 25,704 17,085 24,772 16,574 Tin Free Steel 13,451 9,441 6,721 4,857 Sheets Hot Rolled 413,554 245,044 438,360 259,601 Sheets Cold Rolled 230,492 147,896 180,923 118,405 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 235,696 177,125 275,521 219,849 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,471 3,459 4,606 3,453 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 44,416 41,974 42,454 38,135 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,837 4,782 6,979 4,756 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,658 11,034 10,426 12,646 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,407,988 562,214 1,391,090 549,840 Ingots And Steel For Castings 206 127 5 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 293,428 69,992 274,811 62,576 Wire Rods 159,745 49,721 198,832 58,148 Structural Shapes Heavy 29,652 13,200 30,702 11,775 Steel Piling 9,339 4,777 10,250 5,333 Plates Cut Lengths 27,186 9,196 20,793 6,766 Plates In Coils 25,336 8,405 34,682 10,797 Rails Standard 1,932 939 1,284 566 Rails All Other 1,545 856 844 380 Railroad Accessories 203 207 404 315 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,306 25,964 43,930 20,760 Bars - Light Shaped 13,088 6,323 16,213 6,080 Bars - Reinforcing 138,734 38,765 82,344 22,998 Bars - Cold Finished 11,441 7,758 9,528 6,719 Standard Pipe 71,337 36,666 80,131 41,482 Oil Country Goods 55,341 29,185 50,035 25,701 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,844 6,675 27,815 15,840 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17,216 9,290 23,088 13,671 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8,067 3,392 13,851 5,441 Mechanical Tubing 39,983 26,426 34,623 24,489 Pressure Tubing 4,545 5,300 2,707 2,465 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,116 1,883 1,858 2,176 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,811 14,448 26,414 12,564 Pipe For Piling 298 217 657 429 Wire Drawn 48,754 31,320 45,141 29,114 Black Plate 3,216 2,239 3,129 2,001 Tin Plate 29,471 18,215 19,788 12,207 Tin Free Steel 6,174 3,777 5,894 3,671 Sheets Hot Rolled 129,633 40,776 163,235 50,072 Sheets Cold Rolled 64,337 26,594 50,109 22,048 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 78,038 43,812 76,837 44,226 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,760 1,605 4,768 2,234 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,622 14,934 22,720 16,442 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,841 2,122 6,579 2,677 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,439 7,109 7,089 7,675 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 22,924,903 12,661,109 14,389,911 5,813,297 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,717 4,629 7,165 2,292 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,893,677 1,903,293 2,777,709 681,502 Wire Rods 2,920,064 1,315,403 1,618,043 477,086 Structural Shapes Heavy 397,181 207,087 302,808 115,218 Steel Piling 98,986 62,956 76,277 41,838 Plates Cut Lengths 396,536 217,764 256,821 84,949 Plates In Coils 728,023 381,851 344,010 110,169 Rails Standard 125,545 65,141 93,868 43,656 Rails All Other 15,026 9,855 14,186 7,302 Railroad Accessories 6,528 3,990 6,819 4,343 Bars - Hot Rolled 695,819 405,345 621,353 262,508 Bars - Light Shaped 165,593 91,966 127,662 55,406 Bars - Reinforcing 1,546,875 736,290 817,052 223,208 Bars - Cold Finished 145,399 139,486 119,771 81,117 Standard Pipe 985,677 679,275 745,939 375,216 Oil Country Goods 578,649 407,135 399,969 209,353 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 241,234 144,949 282,856 161,630 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 237,631 153,721 250,676 147,330 Line Pipe - Not Specified 159,385 83,097 137,894 58,388 Mechanical Tubing 366,810 345,405 323,985 222,824 Pressure Tubing 51,930 46,870 36,261 29,186 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,657 16,451 11,748 15,513 Structural Pipe & Tube 395,962 327,436 294,154 144,434 Pipe For Piling 5,597 4,025 7,402 4,168 Wire Drawn 603,166 496,198 471,653 307,261 Black Plate 43,322 29,176 37,451 25,747 Tin Plate 249,459 160,642 235,646 143,552 Tin Free Steel 84,280 58,879 60,839 37,351 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,011,611 1,527,371 1,735,802 557,362 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,367,324 820,679 714,683 304,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,862,885 1,365,238 998,704 556,200 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 54,701 35,086 73,676 36,216 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 321,760 274,161 242,698 178,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 73,870 43,806 71,681 29,593 Strip - Cold Rolled 80,027 96,454 72,650 79,104 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 October 2004