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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,860,459 1,522,941 1,830,967 1,425,074 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11 5 21 11 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 365,588 199,974 436,337 239,754 Wire Rods 75,402 49,133 70,502 48,368 Structural Shapes Heavy 55,670 49,525 86,586 67,958 Steel Piling 7,863 9,899 6,170 7,576 Plates Cut Lengths 60,296 47,909 28,872 24,003 Plates In Coils 68,019 46,599 52,927 34,012 Rails Standard 18,813 14,213 18,648 15,243 Rails All Other 16,302 10,461 8,579 6,358 Railroad Accessories 1,195 1,087 513 668 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,040 36,282 31,838 25,865 Bars - Light Shaped 15,921 11,905 11,100 9,164 Bars - Reinforcing 110,462 76,247 108,264 70,171 Bars - Cold Finished 11,630 14,465 9,462 12,336 Standard Pipe 101,166 97,428 60,129 58,876 Oil Country Goods 137,497 137,702 102,342 93,970 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 117,967 144,647 144,541 186,752 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 42,651 48,744 26,316 26,562 Line Pipe - Not Specified 28,888 22,076 34,785 25,747 Mechanical Tubing 37,762 47,210 28,886 33,910 Pressure Tubing 7,735 15,764 9,732 16,322 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 776 2,159 571 1,698 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,173 37,903 34,754 32,833 Pipe For Piling 512 396 1,615 1,303 Wire Drawn 43,861 48,651 44,691 46,302 Black Plate 1,183 935 4,533 3,117 Tin Plate 27,944 24,219 22,508 19,660 Tin Free Steel 7,166 7,086 8,762 8,751 Sheets Hot Rolled 165,457 103,402 218,531 126,531 Sheets Cold Rolled 70,206 49,006 86,487 56,730 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 136,075 118,731 80,111 70,598 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,249 6,103 6,981 6,489 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,040 28,277 32,831 32,482 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,071 2,386 4,235 3,063 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,868 12,412 7,809 11,890 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,293,680 1,553,764 2,017,498 1,401,110 Ingots And Steel For Castings 117 61 128 107 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 445,736 199,414 407,148 178,278 Wire Rods 131,601 69,552 96,058 50,861 Structural Shapes Heavy 61,721 44,097 54,495 41,803 Steel Piling 9,167 9,368 11,725 12,283 Plates Cut Lengths 103,833 71,244 70,125 47,808 Plates In Coils 71,935 41,442 59,720 34,481 Rails Standard 18,299 13,139 29,893 20,788 Rails All Other 3,377 2,734 1,107 1,201 Railroad Accessories 1,855 1,583 1,053 1,159 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,510 35,308 44,373 29,832 Bars - Light Shaped 16,981 10,454 17,417 11,379 Bars - Reinforcing 199,136 97,725 161,490 75,160 Bars - Cold Finished 11,127 13,160 11,589 13,127 Standard Pipe 108,672 84,200 74,720 64,418 Oil Country Goods 93,860 103,032 100,297 100,411 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 71,354 88,015 106,363 122,474 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 26,250 22,595 35,949 35,339 Line Pipe - Not Specified 53,796 37,879 25,481 18,317 Mechanical Tubing 50,106 51,108 44,474 44,742 Pressure Tubing 6,347 11,148 4,186 6,876 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 942 2,718 773 2,262 Structural Pipe & Tube 57,644 46,109 43,013 36,345 Pipe For Piling 3,450 2,029 2,440 1,599 Wire Drawn 51,889 49,596 48,367 46,398 Black Plate 4,093 2,881 1,556 1,754 Tin Plate 38,477 29,151 27,557 22,351 Tin Free Steel 9,025 7,557 6,282 5,795 Sheets Hot Rolled 211,255 112,337 165,556 89,881 Sheets Cold Rolled 131,142 78,144 117,404 70,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 179,479 145,382 149,103 123,362 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,424 9,760 10,780 8,556 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 43,542 42,384 72,052 66,514 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,951 4,741 7,731 5,066 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,584 13,717 7,093 9,676 -------------------------------------------------------------- March Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,675,822 4,486,666 6,539,771 4,439,424 Ingots And Steel For Castings 44 23 416 256 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,179,518 637,249 1,267,468 560,897 Wire Rods 233,043 152,934 413,786 212,149 Structural Shapes Heavy 246,212 197,707 220,326 153,138 Steel Piling 21,071 25,963 30,566 31,264 Plates Cut Lengths 150,687 120,317 210,450 145,769 Plates In Coils 179,081 116,640 220,785 126,392 Rails Standard 48,806 38,113 64,285 45,411 Rails All Other 26,861 18,630 7,273 6,730 Railroad Accessories 3,037 2,922 3,612 3,334 Bars - Hot Rolled 121,070 97,764 136,406 93,609 Bars - Light Shaped 43,014 32,757 58,655 35,677 Bars - Reinforcing 334,040 219,950 512,971 246,479 Bars - Cold Finished 31,999 40,291 35,035 39,715 Standard Pipe 234,005 226,580 290,005 232,805 Oil Country Goods 385,358 373,089 314,707 326,030 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 393,296 491,495 213,048 247,415 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 114,364 116,704 98,624 94,100 Line Pipe - Not Specified 110,058 83,012 125,643 91,450 Mechanical Tubing 101,607 122,315 139,840 143,061 Pressure Tubing 27,240 55,860 15,829 27,218 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,114 5,753 3,134 7,885 Structural Pipe & Tube 107,164 102,775 153,914 126,148 Pipe For Piling 4,344 3,254 8,416 5,653 Wire Drawn 136,360 143,197 151,008 144,837 Black Plate 7,676 5,486 8,075 6,269 Tin Plate 79,210 68,442 106,998 83,386 Tin Free Steel 21,417 21,035 23,838 20,606 Sheets Hot Rolled 591,052 346,237 579,983 313,526 Sheets Cold Rolled 242,746 161,409 394,911 238,252 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 336,968 291,077 477,423 390,644 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 22,017 20,161 26,328 21,746 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 105,745 103,156 181,185 170,304 Strip - Hot Rolled 11,429 8,523 20,427 13,698 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,170 35,844 24,401 33,572 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final March 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.