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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,051,046 1,412,069 2,046,372 1,369,675 Ingots And Steel For Castings 96 46 277 144 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 354,660 179,289 489,569 253,372 Wire Rods 168,287 96,453 222,246 115,577 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,210 27,707 24,578 16,600 Steel Piling 10,360 9,015 4,348 3,881 Plates Cut Lengths 70,933 48,728 45,998 31,391 Plates In Coils 102,060 63,659 57,038 36,965 Rails Standard 22,354 16,101 12,139 8,492 Rails All Other 2,966 2,283 988 918 Railroad Accessories 1,704 1,066 142 115 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,133 51,774 69,803 51,499 Bars - Light Shaped 16,755 11,574 15,330 8,168 Bars - Reinforcing 104,141 44,268 114,232 49,630 Bars - Cold Finished 13,407 16,290 13,915 16,873 Standard Pipe 88,701 73,689 82,703 68,103 Oil Country Goods 49,459 49,407 93,842 86,303 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,942 23,985 32,037 28,812 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16,275 13,907 21,753 18,456 Line Pipe - Not Specified 10,607 8,835 16,421 12,323 Mechanical Tubing 41,393 45,917 44,784 48,550 Pressure Tubing 6,135 8,420 4,845 6,139 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,092 1,945 691 1,657 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,882 37,890 62,594 53,943 Pipe For Piling 252 242 957 758 Wire Drawn 58,864 56,241 54,844 53,002 Black Plate 8,674 6,690 2,257 1,854 Tin Plate 42,457 32,100 27,174 19,464 Tin Free Steel 6,254 4,862 7,467 5,820 Sheets Hot Rolled 287,645 174,692 220,055 130,514 Sheets Cold Rolled 137,613 93,224 105,751 70,791 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 170,647 135,971 142,389 114,063 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,487 8,512 4,301 3,356 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 47,361 48,894 35,755 37,000 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,847 6,098 8,071 5,544 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,395 12,294 7,077 9,598 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,822,140 832,884 1,457,194 616,866 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9 5 8 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 374,012 106,487 300,447 78,229 Wire Rods 349,504 122,556 200,709 67,477 Structural Shapes Heavy 38,474 18,637 53,901 20,630 Steel Piling 10,121 5,809 6,624 3,982 Plates Cut Lengths 31,982 12,175 27,079 9,584 Plates In Coils 26,166 10,839 24,807 8,689 Rails Standard 18,694 8,763 13,337 7,284 Rails All Other 1,755 944 987 507 Railroad Accessories 753 480 753 311 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,548 29,123 55,232 26,886 Bars - Light Shaped 28,029 15,586 14,351 7,611 Bars - Reinforcing 80,932 31,769 101,598 30,998 Bars - Cold Finished 13,120 10,691 13,581 9,972 Standard Pipe 72,077 47,699 76,643 41,537 Oil Country Goods 36,774 22,313 33,321 17,109 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,006 12,601 10,277 5,496 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21,002 11,782 20,405 10,084 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17,628 8,427 15,895 6,511 Mechanical Tubing 32,016 28,917 41,305 30,653 Pressure Tubing 6,438 5,042 7,348 5,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 655 1,397 687 1,367 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,136 28,113 37,400 23,529 Pipe For Piling 493 342 320 213 Wire Drawn 60,721 44,250 49,425 34,878 Black Plate 2,665 1,823 6,491 3,579 Tin Plate 16,048 10,294 15,553 9,695 Tin Free Steel 7,797 5,662 6,615 4,902 Sheets Hot Rolled 217,195 81,817 162,346 56,428 Sheets Cold Rolled 68,451 33,315 59,050 27,226 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,358 82,901 63,926 39,050 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,530 3,654 4,417 2,073 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,996 15,792 19,442 14,809 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,646 4,102 6,017 2,921 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,407 8,779 6,895 7,415 ______________________________________________________________ March Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,331,366 4,263,104 5,080,371 2,152,589 Ingots And Steel For Castings 529 271 24 13 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,440,241 731,515 1,184,076 315,434 Wire Rods 624,427 335,993 814,104 272,076 Structural Shapes Heavy 110,581 70,506 125,202 52,679 Steel Piling 19,609 17,043 20,553 11,800 Plates Cut Lengths 142,265 98,712 85,017 31,163 Plates In Coils 233,035 147,562 89,816 32,134 Rails Standard 55,999 38,484 47,309 24,108 Rails All Other 5,258 4,347 3,602 1,955 Railroad Accessories 2,994 2,007 1,992 1,112 Bars - Hot Rolled 210,815 159,337 183,525 88,346 Bars - Light Shaped 40,329 24,345 54,189 28,614 Bars - Reinforcing 262,920 113,396 265,670 88,746 Bars - Cold Finished 40,960 49,432 39,321 30,489 Standard Pipe 267,979 217,291 223,887 127,797 Oil Country Goods 207,092 189,545 140,963 76,789 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 75,706 69,849 57,587 33,278 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69,797 58,001 66,851 35,379 Line Pipe - Not Specified 40,782 32,099 52,637 22,458 Mechanical Tubing 119,340 133,545 108,229 84,416 Pressure Tubing 15,472 20,435 17,016 13,430 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,857 5,734 2,232 4,327 Structural Pipe & Tube 145,827 129,550 107,569 70,802 Pipe For Piling 1,473 1,256 990 724 Wire Drawn 169,316 164,306 160,929 113,549 Black Plate 14,526 11,786 13,301 7,747 Tin Plate 100,106 73,239 48,369 30,503 Tin Free Steel 22,413 17,138 21,173 14,930 Sheets Hot Rolled 793,764 478,000 577,014 204,236 Sheets Cold Rolled 392,891 267,995 192,147 88,309 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 498,775 400,098 261,460 158,963 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,508 16,663 13,078 6,889 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 131,585 133,913 61,013 46,768 Strip - Hot Rolled 26,412 17,818 19,059 9,488 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,785 31,897 20,471 23,138 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final March 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.