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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,127,839 1,888,417 2,950,410 1,749,300 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24 14 57 35 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 636,419 248,255 538,286 214,568 Wire Rods 142,203 73,142 196,254 94,011 Structural Shapes Heavy 66,937 43,091 74,869 46,691 Steel Piling 11,028 9,109 5,292 4,481 Plates Cut Lengths 116,179 65,037 102,908 64,560 Plates In Coils 167,511 82,231 123,819 62,778 Rails Standard 20,347 13,998 14,808 9,901 Rails All Other 3,586 2,823 2,098 1,987 Railroad Accessories 524 495 1,209 983 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,720 44,785 78,781 53,963 Bars - Light Shaped 17,258 10,791 27,104 15,061 Bars - Reinforcing 187,287 80,891 266,766 112,494 Bars - Cold Finished 14,558 17,246 17,056 19,693 Standard Pipe 123,780 89,420 116,531 85,571 Oil Country Goods 127,532 124,852 120,554 119,508 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 65,192 69,187 40,366 44,853 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 47,871 56,097 46,385 42,129 Line Pipe - Not Specified 42,112 38,141 25,085 15,833 Mechanical Tubing 58,707 56,902 54,571 53,793 Pressure Tubing 4,546 7,211 6,523 7,944 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,061 2,663 857 2,002 Structural Pipe & Tube 53,393 41,766 42,972 34,660 Pipe For Piling 1,785 1,667 1,278 803 Wire Drawn 69,355 62,556 58,369 54,481 Black Plate 13,740 10,301 9,988 6,458 Tin Plate 28,713 21,393 50,099 36,972 Tin Free Steel 8,737 7,674 8,886 7,189 Sheets Hot Rolled 503,506 249,358 329,982 165,269 Sheets Cold Rolled 193,817 109,635 278,468 147,462 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 266,128 184,602 239,979 162,663 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,807 7,704 6,996 5,559 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 45,155 38,869 47,352 38,553 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,238 3,923 6,859 4,329 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,083 12,589 9,003 12,062 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,888,646 1,327,133 2,258,163 1,578,501 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9 5 13 9 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 285,804 150,389 445,797 237,493 Wire Rods 252,734 124,007 193,163 104,266 Structural Shapes Heavy 30,700 19,970 40,826 25,558 Steel Piling 4,479 4,040 14,858 12,253 Plates Cut Lengths 68,148 47,700 54,393 40,015 Plates In Coils 48,533 30,499 90,531 56,321 Rails Standard 21,713 19,267 17,490 12,325 Rails All Other 1,489 1,343 2,052 1,552 Railroad Accessories 1,693 1,110 908 513 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,982 49,684 74,991 54,664 Bars - Light Shaped 23,733 12,605 13,619 7,832 Bars - Reinforcing 125,823 53,674 87,296 38,987 Bars - Cold Finished 15,337 17,210 14,091 16,876 Standard Pipe 93,521 77,698 111,120 89,876 Oil Country Goods 105,281 102,136 105,095 101,742 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 32,197 29,053 20,749 17,607 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 29,854 27,647 31,417 27,636 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22,927 19,653 30,974 24,554 Mechanical Tubing 46,481 52,234 48,806 56,643 Pressure Tubing 6,688 10,252 6,314 8,368 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 942 1,798 804 1,651 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,314 38,091 49,376 43,445 Pipe For Piling 1,131 967 8,307 7,471 Wire Drawn 56,230 55,654 60,257 57,473 Black Plate 3,573 3,661 2,387 2,244 Tin Plate 31,157 24,678 35,282 27,051 Tin Free Steel 6,345 5,839 8,967 7,302 Sheets Hot Rolled 163,065 98,264 255,063 154,920 Sheets Cold Rolled 71,749 49,949 149,666 102,974 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 164,621 132,663 204,014 164,640 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,742 6,059 10,580 8,201 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 43,147 42,017 52,341 48,530 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,680 4,243 8,517 5,965 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,826 13,075 8,099 11,546 -------------------------------------------------------------- May Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,970,953 8,697,095 10,478,175 7,168,738 Ingots And Steel For Castings 146 91 551 285 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,579,472 1,386,259 2,171,842 1,119,397 Wire Rods 1,169,789 548,653 1,070,325 564,266 Structural Shapes Heavy 374,455 225,943 182,108 116,035 Steel Piling 37,611 32,415 38,946 33,335 Plates Cut Lengths 431,160 266,695 264,806 186,427 Plates In Coils 514,495 263,307 372,099 234,382 Rails Standard 101,781 71,856 95,202 70,075 Rails All Other 9,193 7,796 8,798 7,242 Railroad Accessories 4,194 3,609 5,596 3,629 Bars - Hot Rolled 307,040 209,011 350,788 263,685 Bars - Light Shaped 103,129 60,287 77,681 44,782 Bars - Reinforcing 1,059,925 449,593 476,038 206,056 Bars - Cold Finished 73,642 83,490 70,387 83,517 Standard Pipe 600,175 439,578 472,620 384,865 Oil Country Goods 568,294 578,069 417,467 393,422 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 196,900 209,413 128,651 116,508 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 188,080 193,642 131,068 113,284 Line Pipe - Not Specified 132,551 99,645 94,684 76,306 Mechanical Tubing 236,182 240,401 214,627 242,422 Pressure Tubing 26,294 35,940 28,474 39,055 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,343 11,011 4,603 9,182 Structural Pipe & Tube 239,105 188,765 237,517 211,086 Pipe For Piling 6,843 5,269 10,912 9,693 Wire Drawn 295,615 270,741 285,802 277,433 Black Plate 34,161 24,572 20,486 17,691 Tin Plate 166,993 125,536 166,544 124,968 Tin Free Steel 40,620 35,590 37,724 30,278 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,883,658 927,412 1,211,892 731,184 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,052,441 577,872 614,305 420,918 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,194,560 828,152 867,409 697,400 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 44,728 34,291 39,830 30,923 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 217,344 181,922 227,073 224,460 Strip - Hot Rolled 32,183 22,173 40,609 28,026 Strip - Cold Rolled 43,851 58,097 40,710 56,518 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final May 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.