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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,801,401 1,118,619 2,143,618 1,295,830 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25 16 39 26 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 400,595 148,518 607,868 225,586 Wire Rods 107,203 58,154 167,693 81,082 Structural Shapes Heavy 38,626 24,289 25,082 16,200 Steel Piling 9,393 7,685 10,976 9,490 Plates Cut Lengths 39,360 24,658 52,197 36,070 Plates In Coils 52,847 28,762 63,784 31,594 Rails Standard 10,684 7,483 1,497 1,573 Rails All Other 1,167 940 1,783 1,592 Railroad Accessories 435 276 357 230 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,879 32,175 55,443 39,970 Bars - Light Shaped 11,119 6,573 24,035 12,778 Bars - Reinforcing 158,670 69,434 95,880 36,031 Bars - Cold Finished 12,316 13,973 24,661 22,456 Standard Pipe 97,451 76,118 99,925 77,816 Oil Country Goods 72,199 78,372 109,545 114,574 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,045 28,707 40,320 47,903 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 19,208 19,989 37,262 38,453 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,427 8,589 12,471 9,000 Mechanical Tubing 43,444 46,155 45,231 47,093 Pressure Tubing 4,978 7,785 5,600 9,142 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 987 2,576 903 2,486 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,788 31,180 33,115 28,626 Pipe For Piling 642 757 2,861 2,642 Wire Drawn 49,498 45,477 49,342 45,506 Black Plate 1,863 1,821 2,572 3,033 Tin Plate 36,308 28,959 28,993 22,614 Tin Free Steel 11,686 10,064 7,970 7,495 Sheets Hot Rolled 177,533 87,888 257,464 122,313 Sheets Cold Rolled 108,192 59,694 90,046 52,761 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 171,299 120,555 137,685 100,695 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,145 2,567 8,850 6,750 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,332 22,124 26,078 25,274 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,948 3,408 7,257 4,672 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,112 12,899 8,835 12,305 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,733,749 1,725,915 2,783,558 1,736,443 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47 22 75 48 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 644,298 307,010 621,340 290,639 Wire Rods 198,254 107,175 297,086 156,039 Structural Shapes Heavy 27,951 18,598 31,997 22,277 Steel Piling 2,908 2,422 6,688 5,256 Plates Cut Lengths 46,131 30,212 37,179 24,611 Plates In Coils 121,483 73,065 119,891 72,316 Rails Standard 11,436 7,961 5,074 5,070 Rails All Other 1,838 1,384 549 409 Railroad Accessories 406 304 613 227 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,372 51,327 75,599 54,729 Bars - Light Shaped 17,101 14,727 21,000 11,634 Bars - Reinforcing 153,255 74,349 163,447 78,912 Bars - Cold Finished 13,960 17,326 14,834 16,542 Standard Pipe 93,451 72,849 100,403 78,036 Oil Country Goods 77,433 65,462 60,441 50,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,548 14,157 53,397 33,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 23,952 18,966 28,274 21,865 Line Pipe - Not Specified 23,100 15,868 14,028 8,956 Mechanical Tubing 36,802 40,100 35,873 38,896 Pressure Tubing 7,002 6,990 3,768 4,453 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 940 2,079 1,064 2,209 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,479 33,574 45,402 41,993 Pipe For Piling 161 146 201 197 Wire Drawn 57,465 55,122 57,942 55,792 Black Plate 9,177 7,210 4,112 3,330 Tin Plate 33,575 22,967 25,704 17,085 Tin Free Steel 9,185 7,029 13,451 9,441 Sheets Hot Rolled 410,087 212,635 413,554 245,044 Sheets Cold Rolled 232,868 152,197 230,492 147,896 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 277,635 217,583 235,696 177,125 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,296 3,836 4,471 3,459 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 60,877 55,524 44,416 41,974 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,792 5,012 6,837 4,782 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,486 10,727 8,658 11,034 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 21,720,022 14,438,083 25,658,652 14,387,024 Ingots And Steel For Castings 846 469 5,764 4,651 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,714,284 2,175,984 5,537,975 2,210,303 Wire Rods 2,082,977 1,071,327 3,118,319 1,422,578 Structural Shapes Heavy 393,755 246,449 425,131 225,685 Steel Piling 87,174 73,737 101,894 65,378 Plates Cut Lengths 536,769 376,704 442,667 247,976 Plates In Coils 711,600 416,707 849,506 454,915 Rails Standard 146,517 112,541 136,981 73,103 Rails All Other 17,868 15,238 16,864 11,239 Railroad Accessories 9,631 5,877 6,934 4,294 Bars - Hot Rolled 650,813 464,091 763,190 456,671 Bars - Light Shaped 179,597 98,866 182,694 106,694 Bars - Reinforcing 1,187,866 507,627 1,700,129 810,639 Bars - Cold Finished 172,578 193,972 159,359 156,812 Standard Pipe 1,070,824 855,456 1,079,128 752,124 Oil Country Goods 1,037,033 1,034,737 656,082 472,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 315,716 319,223 258,783 159,106 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 325,047 315,750 261,583 172,687 Line Pipe - Not Specified 188,921 149,623 182,485 98,965 Mechanical Tubing 471,996 518,642 403,611 385,506 Pressure Tubing 58,799 89,865 58,931 53,861 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,913 22,035 9,596 18,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 460,047 403,355 430,440 361,010 Pipe For Piling 17,450 15,570 5,758 4,171 Wire Drawn 590,167 558,089 660,630 551,320 Black Plate 35,172 32,671 52,498 36,386 Tin Plate 359,830 276,065 283,034 183,609 Tin Free Steel 87,063 76,479 93,465 65,908 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,341,900 1,327,888 3,421,698 1,740,005 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,128,042 730,570 1,600,192 972,875 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,671,792 1,310,677 2,140,520 1,582,822 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 88,400 67,046 59,998 38,922 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 398,951 393,448 382,637 329,686 Strip - Hot Rolled 79,206 53,654 81,662 48,817 Strip - Cold Rolled 91,479 127,650 88,514 107,180 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.