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 2006 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,262,072 1,870,381 2,932,875 1,646,007 Ingots And Steel For Castings 36 24 21 13 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 892,104 351,856 759,890 295,556 Wire Rods 182,169 89,439 292,846 132,969 Structural Shapes Heavy 106,767 60,879 86,684 50,753 Steel Piling 9,119 7,856 10,006 9,054 Plates Cut Lengths 72,368 46,270 72,951 45,515 Plates In Coils 91,354 48,934 73,248 38,111 Rails Standard 28,908 21,207 20,876 15,006 Rails All Other 920 775 1,044 860 Railroad Accessories 1,107 729 243 466 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,078 31,800 61,610 41,572 Bars - Light Shaped 15,889 9,674 22,337 12,682 Bars - Reinforcing 227,962 96,470 269,645 114,077 Bars - Cold Finished 15,869 16,882 12,011 13,739 Standard Pipe 126,863 94,702 120,478 87,376 Oil Country Goods 110,908 115,021 97,138 96,855 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 50,106 55,915 18,689 18,197 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 27,458 29,609 33,138 34,658 Line Pipe - Not Specified 24,540 17,701 18,178 12,484 Mechanical Tubing 40,386 43,984 42,403 43,616 Pressure Tubing 5,483 7,458 5,210 6,734 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 983 2,402 770 2,160 Structural Pipe & Tube 43,408 36,271 58,000 42,364 Pipe For Piling 1,561 1,092 725 525 Wire Drawn 62,929 60,737 51,566 44,775 Black Plate 4,753 3,597 2,561 1,998 Tin Plate 33,637 25,421 31,954 23,498 Tin Free Steel 10,678 9,482 4,856 4,359 Sheets Hot Rolled 437,475 207,363 300,004 146,439 Sheets Cold Rolled 241,006 130,420 197,790 108,795 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 278,125 187,163 198,920 143,270 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,265 8,379 11,035 8,566 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,183 35,065 39,896 32,922 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,788 4,620 7,911 5,460 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,885 11,185 8,238 10,586 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,051,046 1,412,069 2,046,372 1,369,675 Ingots And Steel For Castings 96 46 277 144 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 354,660 179,289 489,569 253,372 Wire Rods 168,287 96,453 222,246 115,577 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,210 27,707 24,578 16,600 Steel Piling 10,360 9,015 4,348 3,881 Plates Cut Lengths 70,933 48,728 45,998 31,391 Plates In Coils 102,060 63,659 57,038 36,965 Rails Standard 22,354 16,101 12,139 8,492 Rails All Other 2,966 2,283 988 918 Railroad Accessories 1,704 1,066 142 115 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,133 51,774 69,803 51,499 Bars - Light Shaped 16,755 11,574 15,330 8,168 Bars - Reinforcing 104,141 44,268 114,232 49,630 Bars - Cold Finished 13,407 16,290 13,915 16,873 Standard Pipe 88,701 73,689 82,703 68,103 Oil Country Goods 49,459 49,407 93,842 86,303 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,942 23,985 32,037 28,812 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16,275 13,907 21,753 18,456 Line Pipe - Not Specified 10,607 8,835 16,421 12,323 Mechanical Tubing 41,393 45,917 44,784 48,550 Pressure Tubing 6,135 8,420 4,845 6,139 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,092 1,945 691 1,657 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,882 37,890 62,594 53,943 Pipe For Piling 252 242 957 758 Wire Drawn 58,864 56,241 54,844 53,002 Black Plate 8,674 6,690 2,257 1,854 Tin Plate 42,457 32,100 27,174 19,464 Tin Free Steel 6,254 4,862 7,467 5,820 Sheets Hot Rolled 287,645 174,692 220,055 130,514 Sheets Cold Rolled 137,613 93,224 105,751 70,791 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 170,647 135,971 142,389 114,063 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,487 8,512 4,301 3,356 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 47,361 48,894 35,755 37,000 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,847 6,098 8,071 5,544 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,395 12,294 7,077 9,598 -------------------------------------------------------------- March Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,892,704 5,059,378 6,331,366 4,263,104 Ingots And Steel For Castings 65 42 529 271 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,404,768 923,436 1,440,241 731,515 Wire Rods 831,332 381,499 624,427 335,993 Structural Shapes Heavy 232,648 136,161 110,581 70,506 Steel Piling 21,291 18,826 19,609 17,043 Plates Cut Lengths 212,073 137,098 142,265 98,712 Plates In Coils 223,165 118,297 233,035 147,562 Rails Standard 66,626 47,957 55,999 38,484 Rails All Other 3,509 2,986 5,258 4,347 Railroad Accessories 2,461 2,132 2,994 2,007 Bars - Hot Rolled 163,540 110,262 210,815 159,337 Bars - Light Shaped 58,767 34,434 40,329 24,345 Bars - Reinforcing 605,872 256,208 262,920 113,396 Bars - Cold Finished 42,029 46,550 40,960 49,432 Standard Pipe 359,864 264,588 267,979 217,291 Oil Country Goods 320,208 333,709 207,092 189,545 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 91,342 95,373 75,706 69,849 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 93,824 95,415 69,797 58,001 Line Pipe - Not Specified 65,355 45,671 40,782 32,099 Mechanical Tubing 122,905 129,706 119,340 133,545 Pressure Tubing 15,225 20,785 15,472 20,435 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,425 6,346 2,857 5,734 Structural Pipe & Tube 142,740 112,339 145,827 129,550 Pipe For Piling 3,780 2,799 1,473 1,256 Wire Drawn 167,891 153,704 169,316 164,306 Black Plate 10,432 7,814 14,526 11,786 Tin Plate 88,181 67,171 100,106 73,239 Tin Free Steel 22,997 20,727 22,413 17,138 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,050,170 512,785 793,764 478,000 Sheets Cold Rolled 580,156 320,775 392,891 267,995 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 688,453 480,887 498,775 400,098 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,924 21,028 21,508 16,663 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 124,837 104,500 131,585 133,913 Strip - Hot Rolled 20,086 13,921 26,412 17,818 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,765 33,446 23,785 31,897 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final March 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.