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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,950,410 1,749,300 3,262,072 1,870,381 Ingots And Steel For Castings 57 35 36 24 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 538,286 214,568 892,104 351,856 Wire Rods 196,254 94,011 182,169 89,439 Structural Shapes Heavy 74,869 46,691 106,767 60,879 Steel Piling 5,292 4,481 9,119 7,856 Plates Cut Lengths 102,908 64,560 72,368 46,270 Plates In Coils 123,819 62,778 91,354 48,934 Rails Standard 14,808 9,901 28,908 21,207 Rails All Other 2,098 1,987 920 775 Railroad Accessories 1,209 983 1,107 729 Bars - Hot Rolled 78,781 53,963 48,078 31,800 Bars - Light Shaped 27,104 15,061 15,889 9,674 Bars - Reinforcing 266,766 112,494 227,962 96,470 Bars - Cold Finished 17,056 19,693 15,869 16,882 Standard Pipe 116,531 85,571 126,863 94,702 Oil Country Goods 120,554 119,508 110,908 115,021 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 40,366 44,853 50,106 55,915 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 46,385 42,129 27,458 29,609 Line Pipe - Not Specified 25,085 15,833 24,540 17,701 Mechanical Tubing 54,571 53,793 40,386 43,984 Pressure Tubing 6,523 7,944 5,483 7,458 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 857 2,002 983 2,402 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,972 34,660 43,408 36,271 Pipe For Piling 1,278 803 1,561 1,092 Wire Drawn 58,369 54,481 62,929 60,737 Black Plate 9,988 6,458 4,753 3,597 Tin Plate 50,099 36,972 33,637 25,421 Tin Free Steel 8,886 7,189 10,678 9,482 Sheets Hot Rolled 329,982 165,269 437,475 207,363 Sheets Cold Rolled 278,468 147,462 241,006 130,420 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 239,979 162,663 278,125 187,163 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,996 5,559 11,265 8,379 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 47,352 38,553 42,183 35,065 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,859 4,329 6,788 4,620 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,003 12,062 8,885 11,185 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,258,163 1,578,501 2,051,046 1,412,069 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13 9 96 46 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 445,797 237,493 354,660 179,289 Wire Rods 193,163 104,266 168,287 96,453 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,826 25,558 44,210 27,707 Steel Piling 14,858 12,253 10,360 9,015 Plates Cut Lengths 54,393 40,015 70,933 48,728 Plates In Coils 90,531 56,321 102,060 63,659 Rails Standard 17,490 12,325 22,354 16,101 Rails All Other 2,052 1,552 2,966 2,283 Railroad Accessories 908 513 1,704 1,066 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,991 54,664 68,133 51,774 Bars - Light Shaped 13,619 7,832 16,755 11,574 Bars - Reinforcing 87,296 38,987 104,141 44,268 Bars - Cold Finished 14,091 16,876 13,407 16,290 Standard Pipe 111,120 89,876 88,701 73,689 Oil Country Goods 105,095 101,742 49,459 49,407 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,749 17,607 25,942 23,985 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31,417 27,636 16,275 13,907 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,974 24,554 10,607 8,835 Mechanical Tubing 48,806 56,643 41,393 45,917 Pressure Tubing 6,314 8,368 6,135 8,420 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 804 1,651 1,092 1,945 Structural Pipe & Tube 49,376 43,445 42,882 37,890 Pipe For Piling 8,307 7,471 252 242 Wire Drawn 60,257 57,473 58,864 56,241 Black Plate 2,387 2,244 8,674 6,690 Tin Plate 35,282 27,051 42,457 32,100 Tin Free Steel 8,967 7,302 6,254 4,862 Sheets Hot Rolled 255,063 154,920 287,645 174,692 Sheets Cold Rolled 149,666 102,974 137,613 93,224 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 204,014 164,640 170,647 135,971 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,580 8,201 10,487 8,512 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 52,341 48,530 47,361 48,894 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,517 5,965 8,847 6,098 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,099 11,546 9,395 12,294 -------------------------------------------------------------- April Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 11,843,115 6,808,678 8,589,529 5,841,605 Ingots And Steel For Castings 122 77 542 280 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,943,054 1,138,005 1,886,038 969,008 Wire Rods 1,027,586 475,510 817,591 440,259 Structural Shapes Heavy 307,518 182,852 151,408 96,065 Steel Piling 26,584 23,307 34,467 29,296 Plates Cut Lengths 314,980 201,658 196,658 138,727 Plates In Coils 346,984 181,076 323,566 203,883 Rails Standard 81,433 57,858 73,489 50,809 Rails All Other 5,607 4,973 7,309 5,899 Railroad Accessories 3,670 3,115 3,903 2,520 Bars - Hot Rolled 242,321 164,226 285,806 214,001 Bars - Light Shaped 85,871 49,495 53,948 32,177 Bars - Reinforcing 872,638 368,702 350,215 152,382 Bars - Cold Finished 59,085 66,243 55,051 66,307 Standard Pipe 476,394 350,159 379,099 307,167 Oil Country Goods 440,762 453,217 312,186 291,287 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 131,708 140,226 96,455 87,455 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 140,209 137,545 101,214 85,637 Line Pipe - Not Specified 90,439 61,504 71,756 56,653 Mechanical Tubing 177,476 183,499 168,146 190,188 Pressure Tubing 21,748 28,728 21,786 28,803 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,282 8,348 3,661 7,384 Structural Pipe & Tube 185,712 146,999 195,204 172,995 Pipe For Piling 5,058 3,602 9,780 8,727 Wire Drawn 226,259 208,185 229,572 221,779 Black Plate 20,420 14,271 16,913 14,031 Tin Plate 138,280 104,142 135,388 100,290 Tin Free Steel 31,884 27,916 31,380 24,439 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,380,152 678,054 1,048,827 632,920 Sheets Cold Rolled 858,624 468,237 542,557 370,969 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 928,432 643,550 702,788 564,737 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 34,921 26,587 32,088 24,864 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 172,190 143,053 183,926 182,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 26,945 18,250 34,929 23,783 Strip - Cold Rolled 34,768 45,508 31,884 43,443 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final April 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.