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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,733,749 1,725,915 2,783,558 1,736,443 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47 22 75 48 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 644,298 307,010 621,340 290,639 Wire Rods 198,254 107,175 297,086 156,039 Structural Shapes Heavy 27,951 18,598 31,997 22,277 Steel Piling 2,908 2,422 6,688 5,256 Plates Cut Lengths 46,131 30,212 37,179 24,611 Plates In Coils 121,483 73,065 119,891 72,316 Rails Standard 11,436 7,961 5,074 5,070 Rails All Other 1,838 1,384 549 409 Railroad Accessories 406 304 613 227 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,372 51,327 75,599 54,729 Bars - Light Shaped 17,101 14,727 21,000 11,634 Bars - Reinforcing 153,255 74,349 163,447 78,912 Bars - Cold Finished 13,960 17,326 14,834 16,542 Standard Pipe 93,451 72,849 100,403 78,036 Oil Country Goods 77,433 65,462 60,441 50,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,548 14,157 53,397 33,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 23,952 18,966 28,274 21,865 Line Pipe - Not Specified 23,100 15,868 14,028 8,956 Mechanical Tubing 36,802 40,100 35,873 38,896 Pressure Tubing 7,002 6,990 3,768 4,453 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 940 2,079 1,064 2,209 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,479 33,574 45,402 41,993 Pipe For Piling 161 146 201 197 Wire Drawn 57,465 55,122 57,942 55,792 Black Plate 9,177 7,210 4,112 3,330 Tin Plate 33,575 22,967 25,704 17,085 Tin Free Steel 9,185 7,029 13,451 9,441 Sheets Hot Rolled 410,087 212,635 413,554 245,044 Sheets Cold Rolled 232,868 152,197 230,492 147,896 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 277,635 217,583 235,696 177,125 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,296 3,836 4,471 3,459 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 60,877 55,524 44,416 41,974 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,792 5,012 6,837 4,782 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,486 10,727 8,658 11,034 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,380,844 554,145 1,407,988 562,214 Ingots And Steel For Castings 0 0 206 127 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 366,207 91,297 293,428 69,992 Wire Rods 169,970 51,069 159,745 49,721 Structural Shapes Heavy 34,235 13,648 29,652 13,200 Steel Piling 8,036 4,338 9,339 4,777 Plates Cut Lengths 14,830 5,635 27,186 9,196 Plates In Coils 29,709 10,137 25,336 8,405 Rails Standard 13,340 6,457 1,932 939 Rails All Other 946 636 1,545 856 Railroad Accessories 1,042 717 203 207 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,740 24,487 62,306 25,964 Bars - Light Shaped 13,271 5,776 13,088 6,323 Bars - Reinforcing 69,475 20,460 138,734 38,765 Bars - Cold Finished 11,685 8,247 11,441 7,758 Standard Pipe 78,555 38,876 71,337 36,666 Oil Country Goods 39,771 19,809 55,341 29,185 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,752 10,554 14,844 6,675 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18,037 12,521 17,216 9,290 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,913 4,664 8,067 3,392 Mechanical Tubing 35,450 23,372 39,983 26,426 Pressure Tubing 2,686 2,533 4,545 5,300 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,488 2,826 1,116 1,883 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,190 15,137 27,811 14,448 Pipe For Piling 267 162 298 217 Wire Drawn 44,004 29,349 48,754 31,320 Black Plate 2,427 1,382 3,216 2,239 Tin Plate 30,439 18,799 29,471 18,215 Tin Free Steel 8,487 5,051 6,174 3,777 Sheets Hot Rolled 90,410 30,077 129,633 40,776 Sheets Cold Rolled 67,657 26,969 64,337 26,594 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 76,217 42,889 78,038 43,812 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,239 1,689 2,760 1,605 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,401 14,877 19,622 14,934 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,051 2,980 4,841 2,122 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,914 6,726 6,439 7,109 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 25,658,652 14,387,024 15,770,755 6,367,442 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,764 4,651 7,165 2,292 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,537,975 2,210,303 3,143,916 772,799 Wire Rods 3,118,319 1,422,578 1,788,013 528,155 Structural Shapes Heavy 425,131 225,685 337,044 128,866 Steel Piling 101,894 65,378 84,313 46,176 Plates Cut Lengths 442,667 247,976 271,651 90,584 Plates In Coils 849,506 454,915 373,719 120,306 Rails Standard 136,981 73,103 107,208 50,114 Rails All Other 16,864 11,239 15,131 7,938 Railroad Accessories 6,934 4,294 7,861 5,060 Bars - Hot Rolled 763,190 456,671 679,093 286,994 Bars - Light Shaped 182,694 106,694 140,933 61,181 Bars - Reinforcing 1,700,129 810,639 886,528 243,668 Bars - Cold Finished 159,359 156,812 131,456 89,365 Standard Pipe 1,079,128 752,124 824,494 414,091 Oil Country Goods 656,082 472,597 439,741 229,162 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 258,783 159,106 300,607 172,184 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 261,583 172,687 268,713 159,852 Line Pipe - Not Specified 182,485 98,965 149,807 63,052 Mechanical Tubing 403,611 385,506 359,435 246,196 Pressure Tubing 58,931 53,861 38,947 31,719 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,596 18,530 13,236 18,338 Structural Pipe & Tube 430,440 361,010 322,344 159,571 Pipe For Piling 5,758 4,171 7,670 4,330 Wire Drawn 660,630 551,320 515,657 336,610 Black Plate 52,498 36,386 39,877 27,129 Tin Plate 283,034 183,609 266,086 162,350 Tin Free Steel 93,465 65,908 69,325 42,403 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,421,698 1,740,005 1,826,212 587,440 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,600,192 972,875 782,340 331,045 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,140,520 1,582,822 1,074,920 599,089 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 59,998 38,922 76,915 37,905 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 382,637 329,686 263,100 193,075 Strip - Hot Rolled 81,662 48,817 78,732 32,574 Strip - Cold Rolled 88,514 107,180 78,565 85,829 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2004. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.