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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,172,304 1,477,967 2,733,749 1,725,915 Ingots And Steel For Castings 38 20 47 22 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 353,140 182,745 644,298 307,010 Wire Rods 267,975 134,798 198,254 107,175 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,542 25,399 27,951 18,598 Steel Piling 1,797 1,508 2,908 2,422 Plates Cut Lengths 44,296 31,160 46,131 30,212 Plates In Coils 58,585 38,441 121,483 73,065 Rails Standard 16,410 11,127 11,436 7,961 Rails All Other 2,332 1,942 1,838 1,384 Railroad Accessories 616 412 406 304 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,057 46,072 67,372 51,327 Bars - Light Shaped 13,397 10,624 17,101 14,727 Bars - Reinforcing 38,829 17,802 153,255 74,349 Bars - Cold Finished 13,531 14,637 13,960 17,326 Standard Pipe 80,502 66,444 93,451 72,849 Oil Country Goods 59,075 51,894 77,433 65,462 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 28,505 22,428 17,548 14,157 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 37,190 32,053 23,952 18,966 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21,145 15,128 23,100 15,868 Mechanical Tubing 40,115 41,659 36,802 40,100 Pressure Tubing 6,603 7,336 7,002 6,990 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 693 1,471 940 2,079 Structural Pipe & Tube 47,238 41,362 34,479 33,574 Pipe For Piling 779 573 161 146 Wire Drawn 51,668 50,770 57,465 55,122 Black Plate 5,805 4,685 9,177 7,210 Tin Plate 44,893 30,877 33,575 22,967 Tin Free Steel 7,000 4,998 9,185 7,029 Sheets Hot Rolled 248,725 154,513 410,087 212,635 Sheets Cold Rolled 238,076 159,762 232,868 152,197 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 277,924 215,938 277,635 217,583 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,223 4,989 5,296 3,836 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,802 38,847 60,877 55,524 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,604 4,990 7,792 5,012 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,193 10,562 8,486 10,727 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,264,992 514,790 1,380,844 554,145 Ingots And Steel For Castings 22 12 0 0 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 301,561 74,488 366,207 91,297 Wire Rods 147,604 47,253 169,970 51,069 Structural Shapes Heavy 49,155 18,498 34,235 13,648 Steel Piling 6,821 3,827 8,036 4,338 Plates Cut Lengths 12,848 4,736 14,830 5,635 Plates In Coils 27,212 9,316 29,709 10,137 Rails Standard 15,569 7,593 13,340 6,457 Rails All Other 813 426 946 636 Railroad Accessories 894 550 1,042 717 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,864 31,341 57,740 24,487 Bars - Light Shaped 11,433 4,812 13,271 5,776 Bars - Reinforcing 37,910 12,001 69,475 20,460 Bars - Cold Finished 11,054 8,035 11,685 8,247 Standard Pipe 60,573 31,286 78,555 38,876 Oil Country Goods 21,667 11,524 39,771 19,809 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,723 6,763 17,752 10,554 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17,568 9,621 18,037 12,521 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,845 4,795 11,913 4,664 Mechanical Tubing 30,345 22,251 35,450 23,372 Pressure Tubing 3,629 3,440 2,686 2,533 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 947 1,709 1,488 2,826 Structural Pipe & Tube 25,927 15,599 28,190 15,137 Pipe For Piling 170 99 267 162 Wire Drawn 45,578 29,514 44,004 29,349 Black Plate 2,603 1,652 2,427 1,382 Tin Plate 15,936 10,312 30,439 18,799 Tin Free Steel 5,132 3,102 8,487 5,051 Sheets Hot Rolled 141,988 46,310 90,410 30,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 64,319 28,035 67,657 26,969 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 73,616 42,075 76,217 42,889 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,835 1,659 3,239 1,689 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,921 13,229 20,401 14,877 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,515 2,136 7,051 2,980 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,395 6,791 5,914 6,726 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,830,956 15,864,991 17,035,748 6,882,231 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,802 4,671 7,187 2,304 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,891,116 2,393,048 3,445,477 847,286 Wire Rods 3,386,294 1,557,377 1,935,617 575,408 Structural Shapes Heavy 465,674 251,084 386,199 147,364 Steel Piling 103,691 66,886 91,134 50,003 Plates Cut Lengths 486,963 279,136 284,499 95,320 Plates In Coils 908,091 493,357 400,931 129,622 Rails Standard 153,391 84,230 122,777 57,707 Rails All Other 19,196 13,180 15,944 8,364 Railroad Accessories 7,550 4,706 8,755 5,611 Bars - Hot Rolled 824,247 502,743 750,957 318,335 Bars - Light Shaped 196,091 117,318 152,366 65,994 Bars - Reinforcing 1,738,959 828,441 924,437 255,670 Bars - Cold Finished 172,889 171,449 142,510 97,400 Standard Pipe 1,159,631 818,567 885,067 445,377 Oil Country Goods 715,157 524,491 461,408 240,686 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 287,288 181,535 315,330 178,947 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 298,773 204,740 286,281 169,472 Line Pipe - Not Specified 203,629 114,093 162,652 67,846 Mechanical Tubing 443,726 427,165 389,781 268,447 Pressure Tubing 65,534 61,196 42,576 35,159 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,289 20,001 14,182 20,048 Structural Pipe & Tube 477,678 402,371 348,271 175,170 Pipe For Piling 6,537 4,744 7,840 4,428 Wire Drawn 712,298 602,090 561,235 366,124 Black Plate 58,303 41,071 42,480 28,781 Tin Plate 327,926 214,486 282,021 172,662 Tin Free Steel 100,465 70,906 74,457 45,505 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,670,423 1,894,518 1,968,200 633,749 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,838,268 1,132,637 846,659 359,080 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,418,444 1,798,760 1,148,537 641,164 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 66,220 43,911 79,750 39,564 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 425,439 368,533 282,021 206,304 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,267 53,807 83,247 34,710 Strip - Cold Rolled 95,707 117,742 84,960 92,620 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2004. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.