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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,065,573 2,067,077 3,098,688 2,033,474 Ingots And Steel For Castings 52 27 20 10 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 673,386 350,105 657,132 340,078 Wire Rods 236,279 119,498 236,094 117,646 Structural Shapes Heavy 41,647 30,189 75,212 49,208 Steel Piling 12,531 11,856 2,474 2,853 Plates Cut Lengths 108,568 74,758 88,112 53,988 Plates In Coils 132,047 80,535 100,776 60,716 Rails Standard 12,168 8,896 25,002 17,206 Rails All Other 1,541 1,375 1,383 1,162 Railroad Accessories 327 345 1,163 779 Bars - Hot Rolled 41,624 28,250 47,764 32,554 Bars - Light Shaped 23,736 14,326 22,097 14,707 Bars - Reinforcing 143,719 69,775 335,697 165,054 Bars - Cold Finished 13,439 15,575 12,224 14,482 Standard Pipe 140,618 102,127 133,890 96,398 Oil Country Goods 119,388 119,702 82,067 93,148 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 48,032 46,684 54,541 45,016 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 48,570 44,281 35,982 39,364 Line Pipe - Not Specified 70,081 47,989 31,831 21,454 Mechanical Tubing 50,169 53,368 56,000 55,307 Pressure Tubing 7,458 10,329 6,246 11,927 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,080 2,818 890 2,333 Structural Pipe & Tube 54,298 46,410 61,849 48,863 Pipe For Piling 1,984 1,513 2,232 1,843 Wire Drawn 53,043 52,395 52,439 50,298 Black Plate 3,523 2,505 8,249 5,364 Tin Plate 49,869 37,195 37,173 28,268 Tin Free Steel 7,856 6,851 5,652 4,649 Sheets Hot Rolled 343,892 197,731 342,524 199,956 Sheets Cold Rolled 223,748 147,316 211,441 137,837 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 303,135 246,126 280,282 235,481 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,647 5,017 7,428 7,000 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 78,154 75,837 69,220 64,070 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,771 3,406 4,343 3,201 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,195 11,967 9,256 11,255 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,143,618 1,295,830 1,710,733 1,065,137 Ingots And Steel For Castings 39 26 13 7 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 607,868 225,586 368,876 133,366 Wire Rods 167,693 81,082 169,919 81,073 Structural Shapes Heavy 25,082 16,200 37,839 22,753 Steel Piling 10,976 9,490 4,028 3,396 Plates Cut Lengths 52,197 36,070 61,248 39,083 Plates In Coils 63,784 31,594 59,678 29,329 Rails Standard 1,497 1,573 6,659 5,753 Rails All Other 1,783 1,592 974 855 Railroad Accessories 357 230 1,105 629 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,443 39,970 35,969 23,604 Bars - Light Shaped 24,035 12,778 15,459 8,751 Bars - Reinforcing 95,880 36,031 47,474 17,620 Bars - Cold Finished 24,661 22,456 20,909 20,395 Standard Pipe 99,925 77,816 98,743 77,818 Oil Country Goods 109,545 114,574 95,724 101,013 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 40,320 47,903 12,781 12,117 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 37,262 38,453 28,218 28,549 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,471 9,000 19,501 15,067 Mechanical Tubing 45,231 47,093 38,766 41,422 Pressure Tubing 5,600 9,142 4,042 6,125 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 903 2,486 875 2,065 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,115 28,626 35,766 30,953 Pipe For Piling 2,861 2,642 443 411 Wire Drawn 49,342 45,506 45,961 41,905 Black Plate 2,572 3,033 1,879 1,445 Tin Plate 28,993 22,614 32,955 25,427 Tin Free Steel 7,970 7,495 6,945 6,290 Sheets Hot Rolled 257,464 122,313 195,358 97,128 Sheets Cold Rolled 90,046 52,761 91,319 52,808 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,685 100,695 120,295 90,898 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,850 6,750 9,076 6,549 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,078 25,274 27,840 25,231 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,257 4,672 5,941 4,060 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,835 12,305 8,153 11,241 -------------------------------------------------------------- October Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 30,818,140 18,910,739 19,918,621 13,319,465 Ingots And Steel For Castings 272 156 822 453 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,896,484 3,037,597 4,313,689 2,027,466 Wire Rods 2,385,119 1,137,861 1,975,774 1,013,172 Structural Shapes Heavy 686,606 430,853 355,129 222,160 Steel Piling 86,985 77,796 77,781 66,053 Plates Cut Lengths 922,934 581,289 497,409 352,045 Plates In Coils 1,243,700 674,265 658,753 387,946 Rails Standard 206,023 145,806 135,834 105,057 Rails All Other 22,973 19,159 16,701 14,298 Railroad Accessories 9,679 7,531 9,196 5,601 Bars - Hot Rolled 585,015 406,351 601,935 431,917 Bars - Light Shaped 212,996 126,503 168,477 92,294 Bars - Reinforcing 2,136,049 956,278 1,029,195 438,193 Bars - Cold Finished 144,350 162,997 160,262 180,000 Standard Pipe 1,256,542 908,103 973,373 779,338 Oil Country Goods 1,154,132 1,184,810 964,834 956,365 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 427,821 429,535 291,671 290,517 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 394,392 393,101 305,839 295,761 Line Pipe - Not Specified 359,286 268,189 177,494 141,034 Mechanical Tubing 521,515 525,416 428,551 472,487 Pressure Tubing 61,766 89,732 53,820 82,080 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,351 24,874 8,926 19,459 Structural Pipe & Tube 497,509 400,161 422,259 372,175 Pipe For Piling 18,286 14,068 16,808 14,813 Wire Drawn 586,911 547,727 540,669 512,612 Black Plate 66,658 45,941 33,308 30,850 Tin Plate 387,740 290,960 323,522 247,105 Tin Free Steel 94,285 79,981 75,377 66,416 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,810,048 1,983,329 2,164,367 1,239,999 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,243,059 1,308,881 1,019,851 670,876 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,607,221 1,945,573 1,500,493 1,190,123 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 92,264 73,301 85,255 64,480 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 543,961 474,730 374,619 371,324 Strip - Hot Rolled 56,847 40,238 74,258 50,246 Strip - Cold Rolled 88,362 117,648 82,367 114,751 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.