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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,888,646 1,327,133 2,258,163 1,578,501 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9 5 13 9 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 285,804 150,389 445,797 237,493 Wire Rods 252,734 124,007 193,163 104,266 Structural Shapes Heavy 30,700 19,970 40,826 25,558 Steel Piling 4,479 4,040 14,858 12,253 Plates Cut Lengths 68,148 47,700 54,393 40,015 Plates In Coils 48,533 30,499 90,531 56,321 Rails Standard 21,713 19,267 17,490 12,325 Rails All Other 1,489 1,343 2,052 1,552 Railroad Accessories 1,693 1,110 908 513 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,982 49,684 74,991 54,664 Bars - Light Shaped 23,733 12,605 13,619 7,832 Bars - Reinforcing 125,823 53,674 87,296 38,987 Bars - Cold Finished 15,337 17,210 14,091 16,876 Standard Pipe 93,521 77,698 111,120 89,876 Oil Country Goods 105,281 102,136 105,095 101,742 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 32,197 29,053 20,749 17,607 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 29,854 27,647 31,417 27,636 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22,927 19,653 30,974 24,554 Mechanical Tubing 46,481 52,234 48,806 56,643 Pressure Tubing 6,688 10,252 6,314 8,368 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 942 1,798 804 1,651 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,314 38,091 49,376 43,445 Pipe For Piling 1,131 967 8,307 7,471 Wire Drawn 56,230 55,654 60,257 57,473 Black Plate 3,573 3,661 2,387 2,244 Tin Plate 31,157 24,678 35,282 27,051 Tin Free Steel 6,345 5,839 8,967 7,302 Sheets Hot Rolled 163,065 98,264 255,063 154,920 Sheets Cold Rolled 71,749 49,949 149,666 102,974 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 164,621 132,663 204,014 164,640 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,742 6,059 10,580 8,201 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 43,147 42,017 52,341 48,530 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,680 4,243 8,517 5,965 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,826 13,075 8,099 11,546 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,324,688 1,268,783 1,915,417 980,069 Ingots And Steel For Castings 502 1,691 44 34 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 588,890 239,526 332,703 111,903 Wire Rods 250,590 116,576 283,041 115,628 Structural Shapes Heavy 55,103 26,472 34,992 18,738 Steel Piling 9,270 5,843 16,471 8,890 Plates Cut Lengths 28,586 15,378 31,983 16,486 Plates In Coils 51,610 24,402 65,677 26,122 Rails Standard 15,933 7,798 24,138 11,268 Rails All Other 1,905 1,224 1,775 964 Railroad Accessories 235 169 853 546 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,810 35,853 70,727 39,229 Bars - Light Shaped 14,277 7,815 13,581 7,783 Bars - Reinforcing 161,228 91,990 166,753 75,445 Bars - Cold Finished 13,687 12,450 14,288 13,017 Standard Pipe 95,913 65,560 109,138 69,445 Oil Country Goods 51,464 35,329 63,175 38,912 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,198 11,304 18,334 10,027 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 20,343 13,389 18,968 11,110 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,517 9,320 13,538 6,411 Mechanical Tubing 35,420 33,731 36,916 32,684 Pressure Tubing 4,284 4,321 8,326 5,741 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 742 1,448 795 1,495 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,962 30,938 36,263 29,748 Pipe For Piling 208 175 519 349 Wire Drawn 66,538 53,741 63,034 48,895 Black Plate 2,449 1,920 3,577 2,308 Tin Plate 34,736 22,229 18,226 11,668 Tin Free Steel 10,168 6,747 6,633 4,869 Sheets Hot Rolled 283,323 137,614 194,205 80,600 Sheets Cold Rolled 168,900 93,900 58,502 32,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 166,056 121,242 164,354 113,038 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,731 1,691 5,818 3,182 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,254 21,725 23,178 18,937 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,762 4,983 8,440 4,647 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,093 10,286 6,452 7,931 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,478,175 7,168,738 9,320,477 4,401,442 Ingots And Steel For Castings 551 285 571 1,738 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,171,842 1,119,397 2,105,669 666,863 Wire Rods 1,070,325 564,266 1,347,735 504,280 Structural Shapes Heavy 182,108 116,035 215,296 97,889 Steel Piling 38,946 33,335 46,293 26,533 Plates Cut Lengths 264,806 186,427 145,585 63,027 Plates In Coils 372,099 234,382 207,103 82,659 Rails Standard 95,202 70,075 87,380 43,174 Rails All Other 8,798 7,242 7,282 4,144 Railroad Accessories 5,596 3,629 3,079 1,827 Bars - Hot Rolled 350,788 263,685 318,063 163,428 Bars - Light Shaped 77,681 44,782 82,047 44,212 Bars - Reinforcing 476,038 206,056 593,652 256,181 Bars - Cold Finished 70,387 83,517 67,297 55,956 Standard Pipe 472,620 384,865 428,938 262,802 Oil Country Goods 417,467 393,422 255,602 151,030 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 128,651 116,508 98,120 54,608 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 131,068 113,284 106,161 59,877 Line Pipe - Not Specified 94,684 76,306 86,691 38,190 Mechanical Tubing 214,627 242,422 180,565 150,832 Pressure Tubing 28,474 39,055 29,626 23,493 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,603 9,182 3,768 7,270 Structural Pipe & Tube 237,517 211,086 182,794 131,488 Pipe For Piling 10,912 9,693 1,717 1,248 Wire Drawn 285,802 277,433 290,501 216,185 Black Plate 20,486 17,691 19,327 11,975 Tin Plate 166,544 124,968 101,331 64,400 Tin Free Steel 37,724 30,278 37,974 26,546 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,211,892 731,184 1,054,542 422,450 Sheets Cold Rolled 614,305 420,918 419,549 214,227 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 867,409 697,400 591,870 393,243 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 39,830 30,923 21,627 11,763 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 227,073 224,460 111,445 87,430 Strip - Hot Rolled 40,609 28,026 36,261 19,118 Strip - Cold Rolled 40,710 56,518 35,016 41,354 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final May 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.