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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,510,647 1,870,255 1,730,423 2,316,200 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3 4 (-) (-) Blooms, Billets And Slabs 181,795 120,820 141,121 135,943 Wire Rods 93,443 88,592 96,664 95,613 Structural Shapes Heavy 32,582 30,888 18,020 23,483 Steel Piling 8,613 15,937 6,611 11,919 Plates Cut Lengths 43,336 50,220 85,210 117,140 Plates In Coils 41,658 28,385 128,482 172,980 Rails Standard 13,430 13,772 17,029 18,131 Rails All Other 18,365 17,484 1,264 1,709 Railroad Accessories 1,776 1,373 1,320 1,381 Bars - Hot Rolled 24,500 22,876 27,508 26,410 Bars - Light Shaped 6,850 6,322 4,026 4,127 Bars - Reinforcing 12,448 9,701 22,781 15,876 Bars - Cold Finished 6,330 8,864 6,446 9,863 Standard Pipe 88,481 120,126 86,636 119,075 Oil Country Goods 319,800 567,272 405,881 677,685 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 90,829 144,462 96,217 146,036 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 67,048 114,119 76,556 117,591 Line Pipe - Not Specified 40,202 54,412 46,624 63,689 Mechanical Tubing 29,335 51,495 36,450 62,266 Pressure Tubing 7,460 17,597 9,541 21,418 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 700 2,090 678 2,853 Structural Pipe & Tube 18,443 24,998 23,139 31,073 Pipe For Piling 1,567 1,848 2,111 3,181 Wire Drawn 27,521 38,707 28,791 43,131 Black Plate 772 728 1,611 1,499 Tin Plate 22,212 24,182 29,002 28,548 Tin Free Steel 7,224 8,130 6,373 7,450 Sheets Hot Rolled 125,554 84,722 119,124 104,197 Sheets Cold Rolled 47,918 43,958 52,178 55,226 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 98,868 110,668 96,572 115,015 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,997 9,334 11,753 15,745 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,375 25,427 36,656 52,404 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,183 2,616 1,760 1,882 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,026 8,124 6,286 11,662 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,395,463 1,064,496 1,641,035 1,283,249 Ingots And Steel For Castings 661 472 548 348 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 264,269 129,960 266,397 131,197 Wire Rods 63,974 38,683 64,423 41,977 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,704 32,594 42,677 32,488 Steel Piling 6,488 7,710 3,484 3,952 Plates Cut Lengths 81,132 57,679 40,533 31,301 Plates In Coils 60,788 35,012 56,050 32,442 Rails Standard 4,788 3,877 11,980 8,565 Rails All Other 16,023 10,799 17,443 10,792 Railroad Accessories 756 773 774 904 Bars - Hot Rolled 36,706 27,339 43,481 32,725 Bars - Light Shaped 10,939 8,022 19,657 13,609 Bars - Reinforcing 49,804 34,824 60,889 40,266 Bars - Cold Finished 7,793 9,585 13,919 15,389 Standard Pipe 63,980 59,282 67,703 62,375 Oil Country Goods 59,238 60,254 128,354 125,132 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 102,403 129,358 124,685 164,952 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 14,796 15,966 38,139 40,972 Line Pipe - Not Specified 25,230 17,967 40,098 27,521 Mechanical Tubing 25,435 30,500 42,112 49,003 Pressure Tubing 6,093 11,666 5,369 10,608 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 862 2,086 1,752 2,900 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,735 25,063 37,190 31,614 Pipe For Piling 1,539 1,367 1,594 1,159 Wire Drawn 41,613 41,051 43,100 43,317 Black Plate 1,810 1,276 455 364 Tin Plate 34,044 26,447 33,965 27,715 Tin Free Steel 6,377 5,929 10,065 9,183 Sheets Hot Rolled 164,102 92,341 222,706 122,385 Sheets Cold Rolled 63,587 40,455 62,767 41,128 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 72,938 64,828 87,969 75,341 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,850 5,242 11,425 10,756 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,873 20,975 26,229 25,238 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,996 2,904 5,286 3,660 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,136 12,214 7,818 11,969 -------------------------------------------------------------- December Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 23,495,205 24,361,174 24,704,638 17,747,309 Ingots And Steel For Castings 208 152 2,383 1,518 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,908,790 3,744,112 5,268,348 2,544,906 Wire Rods 1,091,866 958,355 1,369,977 759,909 Structural Shapes Heavy 575,810 569,915 691,718 527,479 Steel Piling 95,230 142,769 99,810 107,798 Plates Cut Lengths 660,813 722,982 830,858 587,801 Plates In Coils 930,226 909,438 776,991 454,132 Rails Standard 193,090 172,594 228,890 164,873 Rails All Other 78,238 65,126 90,734 62,039 Railroad Accessories 11,078 10,972 14,154 13,005 Bars - Hot Rolled 460,295 457,027 543,166 396,926 Bars - Light Shaped 135,829 127,594 204,731 135,783 Bars - Reinforcing 880,660 699,167 1,688,156 926,167 Bars - Cold Finished 115,535 165,817 137,282 157,780 Standard Pipe 1,046,541 1,237,794 1,266,326 995,440 Oil Country Goods 2,733,564 3,872,779 1,192,106 1,208,589 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,335,290 1,823,289 1,233,315 1,549,424 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 656,555 895,980 409,249 433,594 Line Pipe - Not Specified 464,279 496,373 441,995 316,667 Mechanical Tubing 391,020 585,995 509,727 541,647 Pressure Tubing 94,753 201,336 78,941 143,288 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,753 34,026 16,455 32,350 Structural Pipe & Tube 405,593 496,236 579,374 480,050 Pipe For Piling 16,691 17,696 35,449 25,814 Wire Drawn 519,492 674,932 600,567 580,756 Black Plate 21,211 16,957 44,046 30,634 Tin Plate 291,276 271,080 470,962 368,415 Tin Free Steel 96,202 97,479 111,147 96,411 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,320,074 1,826,394 2,185,329 1,212,471 Sheets Cold Rolled 829,963 735,376 1,090,159 680,230 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,440,445 1,476,085 1,657,562 1,393,151 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 109,241 127,923 109,484 97,690 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 455,597 556,050 549,005 521,428 Strip - Hot Rolled 38,201 32,354 75,552 52,408 Strip - Cold Rolled 81,795 139,020 100,689 146,734 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.