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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,143,618 1,295,830 1,710,733 1,065,137 Ingots And Steel For Castings 39 26 13 7 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 607,868 225,586 368,876 133,366 Wire Rods 167,693 81,082 169,919 81,073 Structural Shapes Heavy 25,082 16,200 37,839 22,753 Steel Piling 10,976 9,490 4,028 3,396 Plates Cut Lengths 52,197 36,070 61,248 39,083 Plates In Coils 63,784 31,594 59,678 29,329 Rails Standard 1,497 1,573 6,659 5,753 Rails All Other 1,783 1,592 974 855 Railroad Accessories 357 230 1,105 629 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,443 39,970 35,969 23,604 Bars - Light Shaped 24,035 12,778 15,459 8,751 Bars - Reinforcing 95,880 36,031 47,474 17,620 Bars - Cold Finished 24,661 22,456 20,909 20,395 Standard Pipe 99,925 77,816 98,743 77,818 Oil Country Goods 109,545 114,574 95,724 101,013 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 40,320 47,903 12,781 12,117 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 37,262 38,453 28,218 28,549 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,471 9,000 19,501 15,067 Mechanical Tubing 45,231 47,093 38,766 41,422 Pressure Tubing 5,600 9,142 4,042 6,125 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 903 2,486 875 2,065 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,115 28,626 35,766 30,953 Pipe For Piling 2,861 2,642 443 411 Wire Drawn 49,342 45,506 45,961 41,905 Black Plate 2,572 3,033 1,879 1,445 Tin Plate 28,993 22,614 32,955 25,427 Tin Free Steel 7,970 7,495 6,945 6,290 Sheets Hot Rolled 257,464 122,313 195,358 97,128 Sheets Cold Rolled 90,046 52,761 91,319 52,808 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,685 100,695 120,295 90,898 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,850 6,750 9,076 6,549 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,078 25,274 27,840 25,231 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,257 4,672 5,941 4,060 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,835 12,305 8,153 11,241 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,783,558 1,736,443 2,894,633 1,786,601 Ingots And Steel For Castings 75 48 5,005 2,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 621,340 290,639 654,025 310,968 Wire Rods 297,086 156,039 386,122 203,229 Structural Shapes Heavy 31,997 22,277 31,553 20,249 Steel Piling 6,688 5,256 7,622 5,740 Plates Cut Lengths 37,179 24,611 35,170 23,397 Plates In Coils 119,891 72,316 118,000 67,148 Rails Standard 5,074 5,070 11,543 5,772 Rails All Other 549 409 1,323 963 Railroad Accessories 613 227 809 326 Bars - Hot Rolled 75,599 54,729 71,000 48,986 Bars - Light Shaped 21,000 11,634 13,963 8,279 Bars - Reinforcing 163,447 78,912 164,636 76,147 Bars - Cold Finished 14,834 16,542 14,631 15,262 Standard Pipe 100,403 78,036 90,995 70,901 Oil Country Goods 60,441 50,432 87,195 64,192 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 53,397 33,736 22,211 14,219 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 28,274 21,865 23,122 15,761 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,028 8,956 15,987 10,321 Mechanical Tubing 35,873 38,896 34,195 37,215 Pressure Tubing 3,768 4,453 5,191 5,413 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,064 2,209 1,002 1,815 Structural Pipe & Tube 45,402 41,993 40,220 38,934 Pipe For Piling 201 197 414 354 Wire Drawn 57,942 55,792 64,291 57,014 Black Plate 4,112 3,330 3,645 2,910 Tin Plate 25,704 17,085 24,772 16,574 Tin Free Steel 13,451 9,441 6,721 4,857 Sheets Hot Rolled 413,554 245,044 438,360 259,601 Sheets Cold Rolled 230,492 147,896 180,923 118,405 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 235,696 177,125 275,521 219,849 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,471 3,459 4,606 3,453 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 44,416 41,974 42,454 38,135 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,837 4,782 6,979 4,756 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,658 11,034 10,426 12,646 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 19,918,621 13,319,465 22,924,903 12,661,109 Ingots And Steel For Castings 822 453 5,717 4,629 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,313,689 2,027,466 4,893,677 1,903,293 Wire Rods 1,975,774 1,013,172 2,920,064 1,315,403 Structural Shapes Heavy 355,129 222,160 397,181 207,087 Steel Piling 77,781 66,053 98,986 62,956 Plates Cut Lengths 497,409 352,045 396,536 217,764 Plates In Coils 658,753 387,946 728,023 381,851 Rails Standard 135,834 105,057 125,545 65,141 Rails All Other 16,701 14,298 15,026 9,855 Railroad Accessories 9,196 5,601 6,528 3,990 Bars - Hot Rolled 601,935 431,917 695,819 405,345 Bars - Light Shaped 168,477 92,294 165,593 91,966 Bars - Reinforcing 1,029,195 438,193 1,546,875 736,290 Bars - Cold Finished 160,262 180,000 145,399 139,486 Standard Pipe 973,373 779,338 985,677 679,275 Oil Country Goods 964,834 956,365 578,649 407,135 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 291,671 290,517 241,234 144,949 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 305,839 295,761 237,631 153,721 Line Pipe - Not Specified 177,494 141,034 159,385 83,097 Mechanical Tubing 428,551 472,487 366,810 345,405 Pressure Tubing 53,820 82,080 51,930 46,870 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,926 19,459 8,657 16,451 Structural Pipe & Tube 422,259 372,175 395,962 327,436 Pipe For Piling 16,808 14,813 5,597 4,025 Wire Drawn 540,669 512,612 603,166 496,198 Black Plate 33,308 30,850 43,322 29,176 Tin Plate 323,522 247,105 249,459 160,642 Tin Free Steel 75,377 66,416 84,280 58,879 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,164,367 1,239,999 3,011,611 1,527,371 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,019,851 670,876 1,367,324 820,679 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,500,493 1,190,123 1,862,885 1,365,238 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 85,255 64,480 54,701 35,086 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 374,619 371,324 321,760 274,161 Strip - Hot Rolled 74,258 50,246 73,870 43,806 Strip - Cold Rolled 82,367 114,751 80,027 96,454 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.