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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,593,095 1,788,407 3,065,573 2,067,077 Ingots And Steel For Castings 113 66 52 27 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 470,272 235,638 673,386 350,105 Wire Rods 193,999 100,210 236,279 119,498 Structural Shapes Heavy 45,858 34,774 41,647 30,189 Steel Piling 6,594 6,143 12,531 11,856 Plates Cut Lengths 82,810 57,631 108,568 74,758 Plates In Coils 100,421 58,116 132,047 80,535 Rails Standard 22,013 14,434 12,168 8,896 Rails All Other 12,840 7,862 1,541 1,375 Railroad Accessories 283 284 327 345 Bars - Hot Rolled 66,977 47,814 41,624 28,250 Bars - Light Shaped 17,233 10,844 23,736 14,326 Bars - Reinforcing 129,454 64,557 143,719 69,775 Bars - Cold Finished 11,293 12,396 13,439 15,575 Standard Pipe 101,708 80,441 140,618 102,127 Oil Country Goods 108,436 109,725 119,388 119,702 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 61,301 63,002 48,032 46,684 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 42,129 40,964 48,570 44,281 Line Pipe - Not Specified 62,630 43,421 70,081 47,989 Mechanical Tubing 56,878 53,339 50,169 53,368 Pressure Tubing 5,794 9,331 7,458 10,329 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,103 2,586 1,080 2,818 Structural Pipe & Tube 62,912 50,747 54,298 46,410 Pipe For Piling 12,185 12,541 1,984 1,513 Wire Drawn 46,759 45,686 53,043 52,395 Black Plate 4,792 3,038 3,523 2,505 Tin Plate 50,604 38,657 49,869 37,195 Tin Free Steel 8,918 7,749 7,856 6,851 Sheets Hot Rolled 295,502 172,485 343,892 197,731 Sheets Cold Rolled 200,530 130,529 223,748 147,316 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 224,791 188,827 303,135 246,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,314 4,230 6,647 5,017 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 66,591 63,986 78,154 75,837 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,585 4,065 4,771 3,406 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,471 12,290 8,195 11,967 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,801,401 1,118,619 2,143,618 1,295,830 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25 16 39 26 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 400,595 148,518 607,868 225,586 Wire Rods 107,203 58,154 167,693 81,082 Structural Shapes Heavy 38,626 24,289 25,082 16,200 Steel Piling 9,393 7,685 10,976 9,490 Plates Cut Lengths 39,360 24,658 52,197 36,070 Plates In Coils 52,847 28,762 63,784 31,594 Rails Standard 10,684 7,483 1,497 1,573 Rails All Other 1,167 940 1,783 1,592 Railroad Accessories 435 276 357 230 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,879 32,175 55,443 39,970 Bars - Light Shaped 11,119 6,573 24,035 12,778 Bars - Reinforcing 158,670 69,434 95,880 36,031 Bars - Cold Finished 12,316 13,973 24,661 22,456 Standard Pipe 97,451 76,118 99,925 77,816 Oil Country Goods 72,199 78,372 109,545 114,574 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,045 28,707 40,320 47,903 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 19,208 19,989 37,262 38,453 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,427 8,589 12,471 9,000 Mechanical Tubing 43,444 46,155 45,231 47,093 Pressure Tubing 4,978 7,785 5,600 9,142 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 987 2,576 903 2,486 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,788 31,180 33,115 28,626 Pipe For Piling 642 757 2,861 2,642 Wire Drawn 49,498 45,477 49,342 45,506 Black Plate 1,863 1,821 2,572 3,033 Tin Plate 36,308 28,959 28,993 22,614 Tin Free Steel 11,686 10,064 7,970 7,495 Sheets Hot Rolled 177,533 87,888 257,464 122,313 Sheets Cold Rolled 108,192 59,694 90,046 52,761 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 171,299 120,555 137,685 100,695 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,145 2,567 8,850 6,750 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,332 22,124 26,078 25,274 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,948 3,408 7,257 4,672 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,112 12,899 8,835 12,305 -------------------------------------------------------------- November Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 33,411,235 20,699,146 21,720,022 14,438,083 Ingots And Steel For Castings 385 222 846 469 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,366,756 3,273,235 4,714,284 2,175,984 Wire Rods 2,579,118 1,238,072 2,082,977 1,071,327 Structural Shapes Heavy 732,464 465,627 393,755 246,449 Steel Piling 93,580 83,939 87,174 73,737 Plates Cut Lengths 1,005,745 638,919 536,769 376,704 Plates In Coils 1,344,121 732,381 711,600 416,707 Rails Standard 228,036 160,240 146,517 112,541 Rails All Other 35,814 27,021 17,868 15,238 Railroad Accessories 9,962 7,815 9,631 5,877 Bars - Hot Rolled 651,993 454,164 650,813 464,091 Bars - Light Shaped 230,228 137,347 179,597 98,866 Bars - Reinforcing 2,265,503 1,020,835 1,187,866 507,627 Bars - Cold Finished 155,643 175,393 172,578 193,972 Standard Pipe 1,358,250 988,544 1,070,824 855,456 Oil Country Goods 1,262,567 1,294,535 1,037,033 1,034,737 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 489,122 492,537 315,716 319,223 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 436,521 434,064 325,047 315,750 Line Pipe - Not Specified 421,915 311,610 188,921 149,623 Mechanical Tubing 578,393 578,755 471,996 518,642 Pressure Tubing 67,559 99,063 58,799 89,865 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,454 27,460 9,913 22,035 Structural Pipe & Tube 560,421 450,908 460,047 403,355 Pipe For Piling 30,471 26,609 17,450 15,570 Wire Drawn 633,670 593,413 590,167 558,089 Black Plate 71,450 48,979 35,172 32,671 Tin Plate 438,344 329,617 359,830 276,065 Tin Free Steel 103,203 87,729 87,063 76,479 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,105,550 2,155,813 2,341,900 1,327,888 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,443,588 1,439,410 1,128,042 730,570 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,832,012 2,134,400 1,671,792 1,310,677 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 97,578 77,531 88,400 67,046 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 610,552 538,716 398,951 393,448 Strip - Hot Rolled 62,432 44,303 79,206 53,654 Strip - Cold Rolled 96,832 129,938 91,479 127,650 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.