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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,098,688 2,033,474 3,336,777 2,169,050 Ingots And Steel For Castings 20 10 (-) (-) Blooms, Billets And Slabs 657,132 340,078 783,588 416,054 Wire Rods 236,094 117,646 236,073 112,991 Structural Shapes Heavy 75,212 49,208 59,447 38,845 Steel Piling 2,474 2,853 7,743 7,413 Plates Cut Lengths 88,112 53,988 117,374 73,462 Plates In Coils 100,776 60,716 159,596 91,157 Rails Standard 25,002 17,206 8,960 6,092 Rails All Other 1,383 1,162 4,562 3,930 Railroad Accessories 1,163 779 1,411 1,009 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,764 32,554 62,199 47,052 Bars - Light Shaped 22,097 14,707 14,370 9,406 Bars - Reinforcing 335,697 165,054 191,431 91,807 Bars - Cold Finished 12,224 14,482 16,191 17,094 Standard Pipe 133,890 96,398 140,373 90,849 Oil Country Goods 82,067 93,148 127,940 135,918 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 54,541 45,016 34,185 33,574 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 35,982 39,364 41,707 42,477 Line Pipe - Not Specified 31,831 21,454 55,264 48,859 Mechanical Tubing 56,000 55,307 53,843 55,252 Pressure Tubing 6,246 11,927 8,806 13,098 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 890 2,333 1,213 3,129 Structural Pipe & Tube 61,849 48,863 39,783 35,608 Pipe For Piling 2,232 1,843 2,462 1,642 Wire Drawn 52,439 50,298 63,026 58,909 Black Plate 8,249 5,364 7,292 4,711 Tin Plate 37,173 28,268 43,645 32,869 Tin Free Steel 5,652 4,649 11,474 9,136 Sheets Hot Rolled 342,524 199,956 434,446 238,818 Sheets Cold Rolled 211,441 137,837 264,550 162,760 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 280,282 235,481 257,734 204,549 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,428 7,000 10,444 9,605 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 69,220 64,070 61,432 54,675 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,343 3,201 4,772 3,690 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,256 11,255 9,439 12,609 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,710,733 1,065,137 1,711,959 1,177,272 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13 7 77 51 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 368,876 133,366 326,992 143,787 Wire Rods 169,919 81,073 153,511 79,701 Structural Shapes Heavy 37,839 22,753 29,418 18,476 Steel Piling 4,028 3,396 10,583 8,776 Plates Cut Lengths 61,248 39,083 40,067 29,048 Plates In Coils 59,678 29,329 47,950 25,498 Rails Standard 6,659 5,753 15,775 12,154 Rails All Other 974 855 1,597 1,359 Railroad Accessories 1,105 629 1,140 584 Bars - Hot Rolled 35,969 23,604 46,079 29,347 Bars - Light Shaped 15,459 8,751 13,784 7,415 Bars - Reinforcing 47,474 17,620 82,126 33,946 Bars - Cold Finished 20,909 20,395 13,714 14,355 Standard Pipe 98,743 77,818 114,959 88,993 Oil Country Goods 95,724 101,013 143,952 151,787 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,781 12,117 22,302 21,803 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 28,218 28,549 28,031 28,685 Line Pipe - Not Specified 19,501 15,067 16,540 12,985 Mechanical Tubing 38,766 41,422 44,390 49,245 Pressure Tubing 4,042 6,125 5,209 10,048 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 875 2,065 928 2,220 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,766 30,953 40,453 33,827 Pipe For Piling 443 411 817 747 Wire Drawn 45,961 41,905 54,131 48,876 Black Plate 1,879 1,445 2,718 3,191 Tin Plate 32,955 25,427 31,236 23,815 Tin Free Steel 6,945 6,290 6,939 6,920 Sheets Hot Rolled 195,358 97,128 146,689 78,612 Sheets Cold Rolled 91,319 52,808 78,912 48,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 120,295 90,898 137,696 109,136 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,076 6,549 8,331 6,166 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,840 25,231 29,047 30,447 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,941 4,060 7,339 4,862 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,153 11,241 8,527 11,617 -------------------------------------------------------------- September Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,752,567 16,843,662 17,775,002 12,023,635 Ingots And Steel For Castings 220 129 783 427 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,223,098 2,687,492 3,705,821 1,801,880 Wire Rods 2,148,840 1,018,363 1,808,081 932,090 Structural Shapes Heavy 644,959 400,664 330,047 205,960 Steel Piling 74,455 65,940 66,806 56,562 Plates Cut Lengths 814,366 506,531 445,212 315,975 Plates In Coils 1,111,653 593,730 594,968 356,352 Rails Standard 193,855 136,910 134,337 103,484 Rails All Other 21,432 17,784 14,918 12,707 Railroad Accessories 9,353 7,187 8,839 5,372 Bars - Hot Rolled 543,391 378,101 546,492 391,946 Bars - Light Shaped 189,260 112,177 144,443 79,516 Bars - Reinforcing 1,992,331 886,503 933,316 402,163 Bars - Cold Finished 130,911 147,423 135,601 157,544 Standard Pipe 1,115,924 805,976 873,448 701,522 Oil Country Goods 1,034,743 1,065,108 855,290 841,791 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 379,789 382,850 251,351 242,614 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 345,822 348,820 268,578 257,308 Line Pipe - Not Specified 289,204 220,201 165,023 132,034 Mechanical Tubing 471,346 472,048 383,321 425,394 Pressure Tubing 54,308 79,404 48,220 72,937 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,272 22,056 8,023 16,973 Structural Pipe & Tube 443,211 353,751 389,144 343,549 Pipe For Piling 16,302 12,555 13,947 12,171 Wire Drawn 533,868 495,332 491,327 467,106 Black Plate 63,135 43,436 30,736 27,817 Tin Plate 337,870 253,765 294,529 224,491 Tin Free Steel 86,429 73,130 67,407 58,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,466,157 1,785,598 1,906,903 1,117,687 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,019,311 1,161,564 929,805 618,115 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,304,085 1,699,447 1,362,808 1,089,428 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 85,617 68,285 76,405 57,730 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 465,807 398,893 348,541 346,050 Strip - Hot Rolled 52,076 36,832 67,001 45,574 Strip - Cold Rolled 80,167 105,681 73,532 102,446 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.