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 2005 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,046,372 1,369,675 2,233,948 1,481,361 Ingots And Steel For Castings 277 144 156 81 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 489,569 253,372 596,011 298,854 Wire Rods 222,246 115,577 233,895 123,962 Structural Shapes Heavy 24,578 16,600 41,794 26,198 Steel Piling 4,348 3,881 4,901 4,147 Plates Cut Lengths 45,998 31,391 25,334 18,593 Plates In Coils 57,038 36,965 73,937 46,939 Rails Standard 12,139 8,492 21,506 13,891 Rails All Other 988 918 1,304 1,146 Railroad Accessories 142 115 1,148 826 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,803 51,499 72,879 56,064 Bars - Light Shaped 15,330 8,168 8,245 4,603 Bars - Reinforcing 114,232 49,630 44,547 19,498 Bars - Cold Finished 13,915 16,873 13,639 16,268 Standard Pipe 82,703 68,103 96,575 75,499 Oil Country Goods 93,842 86,303 63,790 53,835 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 32,037 28,812 17,727 17,052 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21,753 18,456 31,768 25,639 Line Pipe - Not Specified 16,421 12,323 13,754 10,941 Mechanical Tubing 44,784 48,550 33,163 39,078 Pressure Tubing 4,845 6,139 4,492 5,876 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 691 1,657 1,074 2,131 Structural Pipe & Tube 62,594 53,943 40,352 37,718 Pipe For Piling 957 758 264 256 Wire Drawn 54,844 53,002 55,608 55,063 Black Plate 2,257 1,854 3,595 3,242 Tin Plate 27,174 19,464 30,474 21,674 Tin Free Steel 7,467 5,820 8,692 6,455 Sheets Hot Rolled 220,055 130,514 286,063 172,794 Sheets Cold Rolled 105,751 70,791 149,527 103,980 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 142,389 114,063 185,738 150,063 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,301 3,356 6,720 4,795 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 35,755 37,000 48,469 48,019 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,071 5,544 9,494 6,176 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,077 9,598 7,313 10,005 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,457,194 616,866 1,801,037 702,839 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8 4 8 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 300,447 78,229 509,617 130,718 Wire Rods 200,709 67,477 263,890 82,043 Structural Shapes Heavy 53,901 20,630 32,828 13,412 Steel Piling 6,624 3,982 3,807 2,009 Plates Cut Lengths 27,079 9,584 25,955 9,405 Plates In Coils 24,807 8,689 38,842 12,607 Rails Standard 13,337 7,284 15,277 8,061 Rails All Other 987 507 860 504 Railroad Accessories 753 311 486 320 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,232 26,886 71,744 32,337 Bars - Light Shaped 14,351 7,611 11,810 5,417 Bars - Reinforcing 101,598 30,998 83,140 25,979 Bars - Cold Finished 13,581 9,972 12,620 9,826 Standard Pipe 76,643 41,537 75,167 38,561 Oil Country Goods 33,321 17,109 70,868 37,368 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 10,277 5,496 27,304 15,180 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 20,405 10,084 25,444 13,513 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15,895 6,511 19,113 7,521 Mechanical Tubing 41,305 30,653 34,908 24,846 Pressure Tubing 7,348 5,226 3,231 3,162 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 687 1,367 890 1,562 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,400 23,529 34,032 19,160 Pipe For Piling 320 213 176 169 Wire Drawn 49,425 34,878 50,783 34,421 Black Plate 6,491 3,579 4,145 2,345 Tin Plate 15,553 9,695 16,768 10,514 Tin Free Steel 6,615 4,902 6,761 4,366 Sheets Hot Rolled 162,346 56,428 197,473 65,991 Sheets Cold Rolled 59,050 27,226 64,645 27,768 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 63,926 39,050 62,176 37,012 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,417 2,073 2,131 1,162 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,442 14,809 22,575 16,167 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,017 2,921 5,396 2,465 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,895 7,415 6,168 6,944 ______________________________________________________________ February Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,280,320 2,851,036 3,258,231 1,319,706 Ingots And Steel For Castings 433 224 16 8 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,085,581 552,226 810,064 208,947 Wire Rods 456,141 239,540 464,600 149,520 Structural Shapes Heavy 66,371 42,799 86,729 34,042 Steel Piling 9,249 8,028 10,431 5,992 Plates Cut Lengths 71,332 49,984 53,034 18,989 Plates In Coils 130,975 83,903 63,649 21,295 Rails Standard 33,645 22,383 28,614 15,345 Rails All Other 2,292 2,064 1,847 1,011 Railroad Accessories 1,290 941 1,239 631 Bars - Hot Rolled 142,682 107,563 126,977 59,223 Bars - Light Shaped 23,574 12,770 26,161 13,028 Bars - Reinforcing 158,778 69,128 184,738 56,976 Bars - Cold Finished 27,553 33,141 26,201 19,798 Standard Pipe 179,277 143,602 151,810 80,098 Oil Country Goods 157,633 140,138 104,189 54,477 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 49,764 45,864 37,581 20,677 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 53,522 44,095 45,849 23,597 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,175 23,264 35,008 14,031 Mechanical Tubing 77,947 87,628 76,213 55,499 Pressure Tubing 9,337 12,015 10,579 8,388 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,765 3,788 1,577 2,929 Structural Pipe & Tube 102,946 91,660 71,433 42,689 Pipe For Piling 1,221 1,014 497 382 Wire Drawn 110,452 108,065 100,208 69,299 Black Plate 5,852 5,096 10,636 5,925 Tin Plate 57,648 41,138 32,321 20,209 Tin Free Steel 16,159 12,276 13,376 9,268 Sheets Hot Rolled 506,119 303,308 359,819 122,419 Sheets Cold Rolled 255,278 174,771 123,695 54,994 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 328,128 264,126 126,102 76,062 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,021 8,151 6,548 3,236 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 84,224 85,019 42,017 30,976 Strip - Hot Rolled 17,565 11,719 11,412 5,386 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,390 19,603 13,063 14,359 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final February 2005 (revised May 11, 2005). For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.