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 April 2005 March 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,230,571 1,554,441 1,840,085 1,277,344 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7 5 59 32 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 444,506 236,620 354,556 179,209 Wire Rods 193,134 104,244 50,692 34,853 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,979 25,704 44,210 27,707 Steel Piling 14,858 12,250 10,357 9,013 Plates Cut Lengths 48,429 35,703 63,799 44,370 Plates In Coils 89,729 55,753 93,692 58,320 Rails Standard 17,427 12,262 21,455 14,840 Rails All Other 1,977 1,492 2,543 1,972 Railroad Accessories 861 491 1,700 1,063 Bars - Hot Rolled 73,606 53,499 38,470 26,431 Bars - Light Shaped 13,619 7,832 13,814 7,725 Bars - Reinforcing 86,238 38,466 104,111 44,252 Bars - Cold Finished 13,938 16,761 5,670 6,417 Standard Pipe 110,397 89,138 88,627 73,599 Oil Country Goods 102,063 98,314 40,801 41,851 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,638 15,236 22,439 21,110 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30,237 26,385 14,770 13,534 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,954 24,320 10,607 8,835 Mechanical Tubing 47,372 53,591 40,680 45,280 Pressure Tubing 6,193 8,220 5,829 11,122 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 804 1,651 723 1,758 Structural Pipe & Tube 48,872 43,024 42,125 37,652 Pipe For Piling 8,307 7,471 252 242 Wire Drawn 59,813 57,046 58,315 55,705 Black Plate 2,387 2,244 8,674 6,690 Tin Plate 35,282 27,051 40,603 30,567 Tin Free Steel 8,967 7,302 6,254 4,862 Sheets Hot Rolled 250,026 151,477 270,561 164,072 Sheets Cold Rolled 149,462 102,826 137,581 93,209 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 203,867 164,491 170,215 135,639 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,561 8,177 10,487 8,512 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 52,295 48,461 47,344 48,801 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,046 5,695 8,822 6,079 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,720 11,239 9,249 12,019 ______________________________________________________________ March 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,051,046 1,412,069 Ingots And Steel For Castings 96 46 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 354,660 179,289 Wire Rods 168,287 96,453 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,210 27,707 Steel Piling 10,360 9,015 Plates Cut Lengths 70,933 48,728 Plates In Coils 102,060 63,659 Rails Standard 22,354 16,101 Rails All Other 2,966 2,283 Railroad Accessories 1,704 1,066 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,133 51,774 Bars - Light Shaped 16,755 11,574 Bars - Reinforcing 104,141 44,268 Bars - Cold Finished 13,407 16,290 Standard Pipe 88,701 73,689 Oil Country Goods 49,459 49,407 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,942 23,985 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16,275 13,907 Line Pipe - Not Specified 10,607 8,835 Mechanical Tubing 41,393 45,917 Pressure Tubing 6,135 8,420 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,092 1,945 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,882 37,890 Pipe For Piling 252 242 Wire Drawn 58,864 56,241 Black Plate 8,674 6,690 Tin Plate 42,457 32,100 Tin Free Steel 6,254 4,862 Sheets Hot Rolled 287,645 174,692 Sheets Cold Rolled 137,613 93,224 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 170,647 135,971 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,487 8,512 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 47,361 48,894 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,847 6,098 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,395 12,294 ______________________________________________________________ April 2004 March 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,915,417 980,069 1,822,140 832,884 Ingots And Steel For Castings 44 34 9 5 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 332,703 111,903 374,012 106,487 Wire Rods 283,041 115,628 349,504 122,556 Structural Shapes Heavy 34,992 18,738 38,474 18,637 Steel Piling 16,471 8,890 10,121 5,809 Plates Cut Lengths 31,983 16,486 31,982 12,175 Plates In Coils 65,677 26,122 26,166 10,839 Rails Standard 24,138 11,268 18,694 8,763 Rails All Other 1,775 964 1,755 944 Railroad Accessories 853 546 753 480 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,727 39,229 56,548 29,123 Bars - Light Shaped 13,581 7,783 28,029 15,586 Bars - Reinforcing 166,753 75,445 80,932 31,769 Bars - Cold Finished 14,288 13,017 13,120 10,691 Standard Pipe 109,138 69,445 72,077 47,699 Oil Country Goods 63,175 38,912 36,774 22,313 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,334 10,027 20,006 12,601 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18,968 11,110 21,002 11,782 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,538 6,411 17,628 8,427 Mechanical Tubing 36,916 32,684 32,016 28,917 Pressure Tubing 8,326 5,741 6,438 5,042 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 795 1,495 655 1,397 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,263 29,748 36,136 28,113 Pipe For Piling 519 349 493 342 Wire Drawn 63,034 48,895 60,721 44,250 Black Plate 3,577 2,308 2,665 1,823 Tin Plate 18,226 11,668 16,048 10,294 Tin Free Steel 6,633 4,869 7,797 5,662 Sheets Hot Rolled 194,205 80,600 217,195 81,817 Sheets Cold Rolled 58,502 32,017 68,451 33,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 164,354 113,038 135,358 82,901 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,818 3,182 6,530 3,654 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,178 18,937 18,996 15,792 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,440 4,647 7,646 4,102 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,452 7,931 7,407 8,779 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 April 2005 (CB-05-69)