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 February 2005 January 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,750,016 1,200,542 1,801,909 1,226,275 Ingots And Steel For Castings 277 144 156 81 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 482,107 249,466 517,707 258,490 Wire Rods 43,868 30,135 47,938 30,226 Structural Shapes Heavy 24,578 16,600 41,576 26,027 Steel Piling 4,348 3,881 4,901 4,147 Plates Cut Lengths 45,532 31,219 25,023 18,260 Plates In Coils 52,886 34,334 57,883 37,142 Rails Standard 11,992 8,403 21,506 13,891 Rails All Other 927 878 1,304 1,146 Railroad Accessories 142 115 943 718 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,626 31,479 42,138 30,041 Bars - Light Shaped 15,323 8,156 8,171 4,546 Bars - Reinforcing 80,557 35,074 30,585 13,776 Bars - Cold Finished 5,859 6,553 6,452 6,712 Standard Pipe 79,216 64,609 89,400 70,498 Oil Country Goods 84,653 78,640 62,824 53,152 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 32,037 28,812 12,717 12,062 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21,753 18,456 30,366 24,436 Line Pipe - Not Specified 16,421 12,323 13,754 10,941 Mechanical Tubing 42,449 44,565 32,029 37,553 Pressure Tubing 4,811 6,094 4,223 5,552 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 616 1,566 906 2,101 Structural Pipe & Tube 62,594 53,943 39,135 36,639 Pipe For Piling 957 758 264 256 Wire Drawn 53,604 51,560 54,143 53,645 Black Plate 2,216 1,830 3,531 3,163 Tin Plate 22,346 16,270 25,214 17,446 Tin Free Steel 7,467 5,820 8,479 6,293 Sheets Hot Rolled 201,737 119,412 235,914 143,116 Sheets Cold Rolled 105,216 70,462 140,753 98,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 141,958 113,726 173,808 140,638 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,301 3,356 6,650 4,717 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 35,665 36,912 45,474 45,429 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,071 5,544 9,064 5,866 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,904 9,450 6,976 9,549 ______________________________________________________________ January 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,016,692 1,356,119 Ingots And Steel For Castings 156 81 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 596,011 298,854 Wire Rods 52,192 32,461 Structural Shapes Heavy 41,794 26,198 Steel Piling 4,901 4,147 Plates Cut Lengths 25,334 18,593 Plates In Coils 73,937 46,939 Rails Standard 21,506 13,891 Rails All Other 1,304 1,146 Railroad Accessories 1,148 826 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,392 31,660 Bars - Light Shaped 8,245 4,603 Bars - Reinforcing 44,547 19,498 Bars - Cold Finished 6,572 6,931 Standard Pipe 96,575 75,499 Oil Country Goods 63,790 53,835 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,727 17,052 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31,768 25,639 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,754 10,941 Mechanical Tubing 33,163 39,078 Pressure Tubing 4,492 5,876 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,074 2,131 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,352 37,718 Pipe For Piling 264 256 Wire Drawn 55,608 55,063 Black Plate 3,595 3,242 Tin Plate 30,474 21,674 Tin Free Steel 8,692 6,455 Sheets Hot Rolled 286,063 172,794 Sheets Cold Rolled 149,527 103,980 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 185,738 150,063 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,720 4,795 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 48,469 48,019 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,494 6,176 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,313 10,005 ______________________________________________________________ February 2004 January 2004 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 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary February 2005 (CB-05-41)