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 2005 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,258,163 1,578,501 2,051,046 1,412,069 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13 9 96 46 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 445,797 237,493 354,660 179,289 Wire Rods 193,163 104,266 168,287 96,453 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,826 25,558 44,210 27,707 Steel Piling 14,858 12,253 10,360 9,015 Plates Cut Lengths 54,393 40,015 70,933 48,728 Plates In Coils 90,531 56,321 102,060 63,659 Rails Standard 17,490 12,325 22,354 16,101 Rails All Other 2,052 1,552 2,966 2,283 Railroad Accessories 908 513 1,704 1,066 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,991 54,664 68,133 51,774 Bars - Light Shaped 13,619 7,832 16,755 11,574 Bars - Reinforcing 87,296 38,987 104,141 44,268 Bars - Cold Finished 14,091 16,876 13,407 16,290 Standard Pipe 111,120 89,876 88,701 73,689 Oil Country Goods 105,095 101,742 49,459 49,407 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,749 17,607 25,942 23,985 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31,417 27,636 16,275 13,907 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,974 24,554 10,607 8,835 Mechanical Tubing 48,806 56,643 41,393 45,917 Pressure Tubing 6,314 8,368 6,135 8,420 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 804 1,651 1,092 1,945 Structural Pipe & Tube 49,376 43,445 42,882 37,890 Pipe For Piling 8,307 7,471 252 242 Wire Drawn 60,257 57,473 58,864 56,241 Black Plate 2,387 2,244 8,674 6,690 Tin Plate 35,282 27,051 42,457 32,100 Tin Free Steel 8,967 7,302 6,254 4,862 Sheets Hot Rolled 255,063 154,920 287,645 174,692 Sheets Cold Rolled 149,666 102,974 137,613 93,224 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 204,014 164,640 170,647 135,971 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,580 8,201 10,487 8,512 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 52,341 48,530 47,361 48,894 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,517 5,965 8,847 6,098 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,099 11,546 9,395 12,294 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,915,417 980,069 1,822,140 832,884 Ingots And Steel For Castings 44 34 9 5 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 332,703 111,903 374,012 106,487 Wire Rods 283,041 115,628 349,504 122,556 Structural Shapes Heavy 34,992 18,738 38,474 18,637 Steel Piling 16,471 8,890 10,121 5,809 Plates Cut Lengths 31,983 16,486 31,982 12,175 Plates In Coils 65,677 26,122 26,166 10,839 Rails Standard 24,138 11,268 18,694 8,763 Rails All Other 1,775 964 1,755 944 Railroad Accessories 853 546 753 480 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,727 39,229 56,548 29,123 Bars - Light Shaped 13,581 7,783 28,029 15,586 Bars - Reinforcing 166,753 75,445 80,932 31,769 Bars - Cold Finished 14,288 13,017 13,120 10,691 Standard Pipe 109,138 69,445 72,077 47,699 Oil Country Goods 63,175 38,912 36,774 22,313 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,334 10,027 20,006 12,601 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18,968 11,110 21,002 11,782 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,538 6,411 17,628 8,427 Mechanical Tubing 36,916 32,684 32,016 28,917 Pressure Tubing 8,326 5,741 6,438 5,042 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 795 1,495 655 1,397 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,263 29,748 36,136 28,113 Pipe For Piling 519 349 493 342 Wire Drawn 63,034 48,895 60,721 44,250 Black Plate 3,577 2,308 2,665 1,823 Tin Plate 18,226 11,668 16,048 10,294 Tin Free Steel 6,633 4,869 7,797 5,662 Sheets Hot Rolled 194,205 80,600 217,195 81,817 Sheets Cold Rolled 58,502 32,017 68,451 33,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 164,354 113,038 135,358 82,901 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,818 3,182 6,530 3,654 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,178 18,937 18,996 15,792 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,440 4,647 7,646 4,102 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,452 7,931 7,407 8,779 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,589,529 5,841,605 6,995,789 3,132,659 Ingots And Steel For Castings 542 280 69 47 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,886,038 969,008 1,516,778 427,337 Wire Rods 817,591 440,259 1,097,145 387,704 Structural Shapes Heavy 151,408 96,065 160,194 71,417 Steel Piling 34,467 29,296 37,023 20,690 Plates Cut Lengths 196,658 138,727 117,000 47,649 Plates In Coils 323,566 203,883 155,493 58,256 Rails Standard 73,489 50,809 71,447 35,376 Rails All Other 7,309 5,899 5,377 2,920 Railroad Accessories 3,903 2,520 2,845 1,657 Bars - Hot Rolled 285,806 214,001 254,252 127,575 Bars - Light Shaped 53,948 32,177 67,770 36,397 Bars - Reinforcing 350,215 152,382 432,423 164,191 Bars - Cold Finished 55,051 66,307 53,609 43,506 Standard Pipe 379,099 307,167 333,025 197,243 Oil Country Goods 312,186 291,287 204,138 115,701 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 96,455 87,455 75,921 43,304 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 101,214 85,637 85,819 46,488 Line Pipe - Not Specified 71,756 56,653 66,175 28,870 Mechanical Tubing 168,146 190,188 145,145 117,101 Pressure Tubing 21,786 28,803 25,342 19,172 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,661 7,384 3,027 5,822 Structural Pipe & Tube 195,204 172,995 143,832 100,550 Pipe For Piling 9,780 8,727 1,509 1,072 Wire Drawn 229,572 221,779 223,963 162,445 Black Plate 16,913 14,031 16,877 10,055 Tin Plate 135,388 100,290 66,595 42,171 Tin Free Steel 31,380 24,439 27,806 19,800 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,048,827 632,920 771,219 284,836 Sheets Cold Rolled 542,557 370,969 250,649 120,327 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 702,788 564,737 425,814 272,001 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,088 24,864 18,896 10,072 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 183,926 182,443 84,191 65,705 Strip - Hot Rolled 34,929 23,783 27,499 14,135 Strip - Cold Rolled 31,884 43,443 26,923 31,068 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final April 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.