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 January 2006 December 2005 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,697,758 1,542,990 2,227,052 1,318,409 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7 4 7 5 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 752,774 276,025 582,566 228,536 Wire Rods 356,318 159,091 155,186 80,542 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,197 24,529 49,498 32,182 Steel Piling 2,166 1,916 7,151 6,134 Plates Cut Lengths 66,754 45,314 65,897 40,736 Plates In Coils 58,563 31,252 58,876 29,772 Rails Standard 16,842 11,745 6,558 4,312 Rails All Other 1,546 1,352 2,386 1,882 Railroad Accessories 1,110 937 347 325 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,851 36,890 56,838 38,616 Bars - Light Shaped 20,541 12,078 14,940 7,934 Bars - Reinforcing 108,265 45,661 104,332 44,053 Bars - Cold Finished 14,148 15,930 10,472 12,101 Standard Pipe 112,522 82,509 100,892 77,921 Oil Country Goods 112,162 121,832 80,596 79,562 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,547 21,261 37,272 38,033 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 33,229 31,148 21,804 20,091 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22,637 15,486 12,330 8,680 Mechanical Tubing 40,115 42,107 46,768 47,058 Pressure Tubing 4,532 6,593 4,367 5,583 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 673 1,784 793 2,039 Structural Pipe & Tube 41,331 33,704 32,730 26,284 Pipe For Piling 1,493 1,182 1,578 1,475 Wire Drawn 53,397 48,192 48,428 43,982 Black Plate 3,118 2,219 1,274 1,129 Tin Plate 22,589 18,253 30,893 23,629 Tin Free Steel 7,464 6,886 5,202 4,656 Sheets Hot Rolled 312,690 158,983 313,188 157,339 Sheets Cold Rolled 141,360 81,560 138,809 78,475 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 211,408 150,454 184,876 129,410 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,624 4,083 5,111 4,087 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,758 36,512 31,709 27,397 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,387 3,841 5,009 3,204 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,642 11,675 8,370 11,243 ______________________________________________________________ January 2005 December 2004 Commodity Final Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,233,948 1,481,361 2,172,304 1,477,967 Ingots And Steel For Castings 156 81 38 20 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 596,011 298,854 353,140 182,745 Wire Rods 233,895 123,962 267,975 134,798 Structural Shapes Heavy 41,794 26,198 40,542 25,399 Steel Piling 4,901 4,147 1,797 1,508 Plates Cut Lengths 25,334 18,593 44,296 31,160 Plates In Coils 73,937 46,939 58,585 38,441 Rails Standard 21,506 13,891 16,410 11,127 Rails All Other 1,304 1,146 2,332 1,942 Railroad Accessories 1,148 826 616 412 Bars - Hot Rolled 72,879 56,064 61,057 46,072 Bars - Light Shaped 8,245 4,603 13,397 10,624 Bars - Reinforcing 44,547 19,498 38,829 17,802 Bars - Cold Finished 13,639 16,268 13,531 14,637 Standard Pipe 96,575 75,499 80,502 66,444 Oil Country Goods 63,790 53,835 59,075 51,894 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,727 17,052 28,505 22,428 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31,768 25,639 37,190 32,053 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,754 10,941 21,145 15,128 Mechanical Tubing 33,163 39,078 40,115 41,659 Pressure Tubing 4,492 5,876 6,603 7,336 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,074 2,131 693 1,471 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,352 37,718 47,238 41,362 Pipe For Piling 264 256 779 573 Wire Drawn 55,608 55,063 51,668 50,770 Black Plate 3,595 3,242 5,805 4,685 Tin Plate 30,474 21,674 44,893 30,877 Tin Free Steel 8,692 6,455 7,000 4,998 Sheets Hot Rolled 286,063 172,794 248,725 154,513 Sheets Cold Rolled 149,527 103,980 238,076 159,762 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 185,738 150,063 277,924 215,938 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,720 4,795 6,223 4,989 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 48,469 48,019 42,802 38,847 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,494 6,176 7,604 4,990 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,313 10,005 7,193 10,562 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.