Exhibit 1c: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Carbon (Non-Alloy) Steel Products: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding January 2010 December 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,214,531 915,374 1,013,836 759,408 Ingots And Steel For Castings (-) (-) (-) (-) Blooms, Billets And Slabs 317,327 147,492 222,139 106,419 Wire Rods 72,078 47,667 86,407 55,572 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,647 17,760 18,735 13,841 Steel Piling 9,624 10,496 5,803 7,836 Plates Cut Lengths 17,275 12,609 21,232 15,619 Plates In Coils 43,404 26,160 33,695 19,519 Rails Standard 16,334 13,332 17,254 13,487 Rails All Other 1,202 1,808 2,547 2,640 Railroad Accessories 167 115 256 266 Bars - Hot Rolled 34,528 25,922 36,033 25,767 Bars - Light Shaped 5,719 4,361 5,510 4,066 Bars - Reinforcing 22,083 10,054 19,615 9,396 Bars - Cold Finished 8,177 10,177 6,202 7,552 Standard Pipe 54,090 47,848 42,333 38,140 Oil Country Goods 73,268 74,173 26,953 30,497 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 53,163 78,753 29,887 45,010 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18,642 24,803 13,981 12,425 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,708 11,043 24,646 18,459 Mechanical Tubing 18,083 22,433 15,707 20,002 Pressure Tubing 2,827 6,064 3,193 8,917 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 582 2,220 643 2,320 Structural Pipe & Tube 18,661 18,351 17,776 15,875 Pipe For Piling 478 438 579 511 Wire Drawn 32,680 34,571 32,211 34,037 Black Plate 959 853 1,331 1,116 Tin Plate 29,839 31,502 28,332 31,206 Tin Free Steel 7,820 8,226 11,013 12,790 Sheets Hot Rolled 144,027 81,314 131,915 73,521 Sheets Cold Rolled 52,742 36,265 62,309 40,876 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 75,691 65,770 59,731 53,395 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,537 3,617 3,977 3,956 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 30,282 27,981 24,496 22,675 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,608 2,020 1,727 1,275 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,281 9,178 5,670 10,426 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,025,416 778,049 Ingots And Steel For Castings (-) (-) Blooms, Billets And Slabs 222,157 106,451 Wire Rods 86,994 55,861 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,908 13,906 Steel Piling 5,803 7,836 Plates Cut Lengths 21,232 15,619 Plates In Coils 33,738 19,540 Rails Standard 17,277 13,511 Rails All Other 2,547 2,640 Railroad Accessories 256 266 Bars - Hot Rolled 36,034 25,827 Bars - Light Shaped 5,538 4,320 Bars - Reinforcing 19,639 9,410 Bars - Cold Finished 6,202 7,552 Standard Pipe 42,354 38,209 Oil Country Goods 27,142 30,672 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 40,092 61,627 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13,981 12,425 Line Pipe - Not Specified 24,816 18,552 Mechanical Tubing 15,727 20,026 Pressure Tubing 3,193 8,917 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 643 2,320 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,779 15,894 Pipe For Piling 579 511 Wire Drawn 32,255 34,860 Black Plate 1,331 1,116 Tin Plate 28,332 31,206 Tin Free Steel 11,013 12,790 Sheets Hot Rolled 131,915 73,521 Sheets Cold Rolled 62,339 40,935 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 59,731 53,395 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,977 3,956 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,496 22,675 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,727 1,275 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,670 10,426 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2009 December 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,752,213 2,095,780 1,510,647 1,870,255 Ingots And Steel For Castings 65 48 3 4 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 181,149 108,386 181,795 120,820 Wire Rods 76,398 58,919 93,443 88,592 Structural Shapes Heavy 93,053 83,551 32,582 30,888 Steel Piling 5,375 9,807 8,613 15,937 Plates Cut Lengths 74,368 81,926 43,336 50,220 Plates In Coils 45,103 31,591 41,658 28,385 Rails Standard 19,462 21,306 13,430 13,772 Rails All Other 2,957 3,316 18,365 17,484 Railroad Accessories 434 686 1,776 1,373 Bars - Hot Rolled 23,905 22,222 24,500 22,876 Bars - Light Shaped 6,108 5,379 6,850 6,322 Bars - Reinforcing 49,212 34,332 12,448 9,701 Bars - Cold Finished 5,378 7,215 6,330 8,864 Standard Pipe 99,126 123,095 88,481 120,126 Oil Country Goods 368,365 643,614 319,800 567,272 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 114,771 199,018 90,829 144,462 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 54,565 91,271 67,048 114,119 Line Pipe - Not Specified 81,813 116,415 40,202 54,412 Mechanical Tubing 27,418 44,204 29,335 51,495 Pressure Tubing 5,486 16,316 7,460 17,597 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 670 2,436 700 2,090 Structural Pipe & Tube 23,233 27,607 18,443 24,998 Pipe For Piling 4,648 5,478 1,567 1,848 Wire Drawn 28,314 36,753 27,521 38,707 Black Plate 1,310 1,175 772 728 Tin Plate 19,415 21,926 22,212 24,182 Tin Free Steel 5,916 8,030 7,224 8,130 Sheets Hot Rolled 122,938 72,388 125,554 84,722 Sheets Cold Rolled 73,056 58,477 47,918 43,958 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 78,471 83,480 98,868 110,668 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,679 16,775 6,997 9,334 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 38,981 47,800 18,375 25,427 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,059 1,732 2,183 2,616 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,011 9,107 4,026 8,124 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary January 2010 (CB-10-23)