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 2008 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,830,967 1,425,074 1,984,395 1,538,650 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21 11 13 7 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 436,337 239,754 377,593 197,521 Wire Rods 70,502 48,368 87,139 55,433 Structural Shapes Heavy 86,586 67,958 103,957 80,224 Steel Piling 6,170 7,576 7,038 8,488 Plates Cut Lengths 28,872 24,003 61,519 48,405 Plates In Coils 52,927 34,012 58,135 36,030 Rails Standard 18,648 15,243 11,345 8,657 Rails All Other 8,579 6,358 1,981 1,811 Railroad Accessories 513 668 1,328 1,168 Bars - Hot Rolled 31,838 25,865 45,192 35,617 Bars - Light Shaped 11,100 9,164 15,992 11,689 Bars - Reinforcing 108,264 70,171 115,314 73,531 Bars - Cold Finished 9,462 12,336 10,906 13,489 Standard Pipe 60,129 58,876 72,710 70,276 Oil Country Goods 102,342 93,970 145,520 141,417 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 144,541 186,752 130,787 160,097 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 26,316 26,562 45,397 41,398 Line Pipe - Not Specified 34,785 25,747 46,385 35,189 Mechanical Tubing 28,886 33,910 34,960 41,194 Pressure Tubing 9,732 16,322 9,773 23,774 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 571 1,698 768 1,896 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,754 32,833 34,237 32,039 Pipe For Piling 1,615 1,303 2,218 1,555 Wire Drawn 44,691 46,302 47,808 48,244 Black Plate 4,533 3,117 1,960 1,434 Tin Plate 22,508 19,660 28,758 24,564 Tin Free Steel 8,762 8,751 5,488 5,198 Sheets Hot Rolled 218,531 126,531 207,064 116,303 Sheets Cold Rolled 86,487 56,730 86,054 55,672 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 80,111 70,598 120,782 101,749 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,981 6,489 8,787 7,570 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 32,831 32,482 45,874 42,396 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,235 3,063 4,123 3,074 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,809 11,890 7,492 11,542 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,017,498 1,401,110 2,228,593 1,484,550 Ingots And Steel For Castings 128 107 170 88 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 407,148 178,278 414,584 183,204 Wire Rods 96,058 50,861 186,128 91,736 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,495 41,803 104,111 67,238 Steel Piling 11,725 12,283 9,673 9,613 Plates Cut Lengths 70,125 47,808 36,492 26,716 Plates In Coils 59,720 34,481 89,130 50,469 Rails Standard 29,893 20,788 16,092 11,483 Rails All Other 1,107 1,201 2,788 2,794 Railroad Accessories 1,053 1,159 704 592 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,373 29,832 42,522 28,469 Bars - Light Shaped 17,417 11,379 24,257 13,845 Bars - Reinforcing 161,490 75,160 152,346 73,594 Bars - Cold Finished 11,589 13,127 12,318 13,428 Standard Pipe 74,720 64,418 106,613 84,187 Oil Country Goods 100,297 100,411 120,550 122,588 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 106,363 122,474 35,331 36,927 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 35,949 35,339 36,425 36,166 Line Pipe - Not Specified 25,481 18,317 46,366 35,253 Mechanical Tubing 44,474 44,742 45,260 47,211 Pressure Tubing 4,186 6,876 5,295 9,194 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 773 2,262 1,419 2,905 Structural Pipe & Tube 43,013 36,345 53,257 43,695 Pipe For Piling 2,440 1,599 2,526 2,025 Wire Drawn 48,367 46,398 50,753 48,843 Black Plate 1,556 1,754 2,427 1,634 Tin Plate 27,557 22,351 40,964 31,884 Tin Free Steel 6,282 5,795 8,531 7,254 Sheets Hot Rolled 165,556 89,881 203,172 111,308 Sheets Cold Rolled 117,404 70,705 146,364 89,404 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 149,103 123,362 148,841 121,900 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,780 8,556 4,124 3,430 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 72,052 66,514 65,591 61,406 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,731 5,066 5,744 3,891 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,093 9,676 7,724 10,179 -------------------------------------------------------------- February Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,815,362 2,963,724 4,246,091 2,885,660 Ingots And Steel For Castings 34 17 299 195 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 813,929 437,275 821,732 361,483 Wire Rods 157,641 103,801 282,185 142,597 Structural Shapes Heavy 190,543 148,182 158,606 109,041 Steel Piling 13,208 16,064 21,398 21,896 Plates Cut Lengths 90,391 72,407 106,618 74,524 Plates In Coils 111,062 70,042 148,850 84,950 Rails Standard 29,993 23,899 45,986 32,271 Rails All Other 10,560 8,169 3,895 3,995 Railroad Accessories 1,842 1,836 1,757 1,751 Bars - Hot Rolled 77,030 61,483 86,895 58,301 Bars - Light Shaped 27,092 20,852 41,674 25,224 Bars - Reinforcing 223,578 143,702 313,835 148,754 Bars - Cold Finished 20,368 25,825 23,907 26,555 Standard Pipe 132,839 129,152 181,333 148,605 Oil Country Goods 247,862 235,387 220,846 222,999 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 275,328 346,849 141,694 159,400 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 71,712 67,960 72,374 71,505 Line Pipe - Not Specified 81,170 60,936 71,846 53,571 Mechanical Tubing 63,846 75,104 89,734 91,953 Pressure Tubing 19,505 40,096 9,482 16,070 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,339 3,594 2,191 5,167 Structural Pipe & Tube 68,991 64,873 96,270 80,040 Pipe For Piling 3,832 2,858 4,966 3,624 Wire Drawn 92,499 94,546 99,120 95,241 Black Plate 6,492 4,551 3,982 3,387 Tin Plate 51,267 44,223 68,521 54,234 Tin Free Steel 14,250 13,949 14,813 13,049 Sheets Hot Rolled 425,595 242,835 368,728 201,190 Sheets Cold Rolled 172,540 112,402 263,768 160,108 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 200,893 172,347 297,944 245,262 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,769 14,058 14,904 11,986 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 78,705 74,879 137,643 127,920 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,358 6,137 13,475 8,957 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,302 23,432 14,817 19,855 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final February 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.