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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,711,959 1,177,272 1,912,729 1,245,496 Ingots And Steel For Castings 77 51 5 2 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 326,992 143,787 483,344 220,513 Wire Rods 153,511 79,701 217,008 107,064 Structural Shapes Heavy 29,418 18,476 37,442 22,742 Steel Piling 10,583 8,776 10,067 8,497 Plates Cut Lengths 40,067 29,048 33,676 26,329 Plates In Coils 47,950 25,498 45,764 26,205 Rails Standard 15,775 12,154 14,879 13,405 Rails All Other 1,597 1,359 929 823 Railroad Accessories 1,140 584 958 502 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,079 29,347 45,494 30,057 Bars - Light Shaped 13,784 7,415 24,459 11,633 Bars - Reinforcing 82,126 33,946 168,357 72,483 Bars - Cold Finished 13,714 14,355 15,757 15,511 Standard Pipe 114,959 88,993 80,335 65,332 Oil Country Goods 143,952 151,787 90,831 89,419 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,302 21,803 22,557 24,858 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 28,031 28,685 46,523 53,461 Line Pipe - Not Specified 16,540 12,985 15,428 11,864 Mechanical Tubing 44,390 49,245 40,154 43,786 Pressure Tubing 5,209 10,048 3,585 6,258 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 928 2,220 663 1,537 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,453 33,827 33,415 29,928 Pipe For Piling 817 747 286 282 Wire Drawn 54,131 48,876 50,809 46,665 Black Plate 2,718 3,191 2,196 2,218 Tin Plate 31,236 23,815 25,059 20,552 Tin Free Steel 6,939 6,920 7,558 7,515 Sheets Hot Rolled 146,689 78,612 169,914 105,394 Sheets Cold Rolled 78,912 48,790 77,602 49,048 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,696 109,136 100,477 83,069 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,331 6,166 5,069 3,882 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 29,047 30,447 29,054 30,014 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,339 4,862 5,473 3,523 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,527 11,617 7,600 11,125 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,843,023 1,768,353 2,490,146 1,483,744 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10 5 29 15 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 531,375 235,827 421,403 160,889 Wire Rods 287,880 150,064 291,808 150,437 Structural Shapes Heavy 35,875 23,705 36,010 19,225 Steel Piling 16,938 11,258 5,153 3,703 Plates Cut Lengths 72,319 45,008 68,917 40,225 Plates In Coils 125,951 73,413 76,368 43,918 Rails Standard 6,002 2,984 12,494 6,778 Rails All Other 2,962 2,289 2,143 1,504 Railroad Accessories 655 518 674 579 Bars - Hot Rolled 76,256 48,419 82,923 48,791 Bars - Light Shaped 20,186 11,407 17,307 9,875 Bars - Reinforcing 228,111 125,286 190,584 91,591 Bars - Cold Finished 16,829 18,960 15,472 16,511 Standard Pipe 153,198 114,280 103,467 75,036 Oil Country Goods 52,550 48,107 60,127 47,617 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,451 15,803 22,285 12,992 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 27,721 19,553 28,726 20,900 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,526 12,904 14,464 8,269 Mechanical Tubing 41,916 44,034 38,521 37,874 Pressure Tubing 5,553 5,794 4,351 4,144 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,084 1,899 957 1,799 Structural Pipe & Tube 48,014 44,778 38,796 34,373 Pipe For Piling 1,125 685 1,155 807 Wire Drawn 63,943 57,638 58,707 52,716 Black Plate 5,950 3,986 2,706 1,923 Tin Plate 37,755 24,825 32,702 20,782 Tin Free Steel 8,747 5,974 9,738 6,678 Sheets Hot Rolled 390,631 218,455 362,005 200,343 Sheets Cold Rolled 195,700 125,936 164,344 107,359 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 264,432 205,790 272,877 208,478 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,218 5,135 6,730 4,849 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 55,595 48,778 29,450 26,252 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,131 4,602 7,842 5,030 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,436 10,254 8,913 11,483 ______________________________________________________________ August Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 16,064,269 10,958,498 17,246,712 9,138,066 Ingots And Steel For Castings 770 420 636 1,774 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,336,945 1,668,514 3,618,313 1,301,686 Wire Rods 1,638,162 851,017 2,236,856 956,136 Structural Shapes Heavy 292,208 183,207 333,631 164,562 Steel Piling 62,777 53,166 84,676 51,960 Plates Cut Lengths 383,963 276,892 324,187 169,755 Plates In Coils 535,290 327,023 490,132 242,387 Rails Standard 127,677 97,730 108,928 54,299 Rails All Other 13,944 11,852 13,154 8,482 Railroad Accessories 7,734 4,743 5,105 3,438 Bars - Hot Rolled 510,523 368,342 549,220 301,629 Bars - Light Shaped 128,984 70,765 130,629 72,054 Bars - Reinforcing 885,842 384,542 1,218,791 581,231 Bars - Cold Finished 114,692 137,149 115,934 107,682 Standard Pipe 774,705 623,704 794,280 530,338 Oil Country Goods 759,565 740,779 431,014 292,512 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 238,570 230,497 165,626 96,993 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 240,360 228,759 186,234 116,095 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145,522 116,967 129,370 63,820 Mechanical Tubing 344,554 383,972 296,741 269,294 Pressure Tubing 44,179 66,813 42,971 37,004 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,147 14,907 6,590 12,428 Structural Pipe & Tube 353,378 312,596 310,339 246,508 Pipe For Piling 13,505 11,760 4,982 3,474 Wire Drawn 445,366 425,201 480,933 383,393 Black Plate 28,857 26,372 35,565 22,936 Tin Plate 261,574 199,064 198,982 126,984 Tin Free Steel 60,462 52,631 64,108 44,581 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,711,545 1,020,559 2,159,697 1,022,726 Sheets Cold Rolled 838,485 565,307 955,909 554,378 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,242,513 998,530 1,351,668 968,265 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 67,329 51,181 45,624 28,173 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 320,702 320,819 234,890 194,051 Strip - Hot Rolled 61,059 41,514 60,054 34,267 Strip - Cold Rolled 65,379 91,205 60,943 72,773 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.