Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1b. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Stainless Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. January 2001 December 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,707 144,122 65,490 134,227 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,181 1,800 377 514 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,971 22,050 20,458 24,385 Wire Rods 4,933 9,250 4,302 8,568 Structural Shapes Heavy 305 796 555 1,271 Plates Cut Lengths 1,882 3,954 1,341 3,054 Plates In Coils 804 1,214 1,307 2,035 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,987 4,442 1,967 5,249 Bars - Light Shaped 973 1,999 932 1,985 Bars - Cold Finished 6,334 16,605 6,009 15,398 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,802 27,893 6,843 24,951 Wire Drawn 2,479 9,395 1,985 8,759 Sheets Hot Rolled 930 1,346 915 1,268 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,384 33,924 16,577 30,310 Strip - Hot Rolled 89 203 56 132 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,654 9,250 1,865 6,348 ______________________________________________________________________________ January 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 88,045 170,511 Ingots And Steel For Castings 33 92 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,611 25,065 Wire Rods 7,088 12,345 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,319 2,480 Plates Cut Lengths 4,128 8,131 Plates In Coils 4,273 5,729 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,025 5,257 Bars - Light Shaped 1,097 2,141 Bars - Cold Finished 7,262 16,344 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,330 25,185 Wire Drawn 2,133 7,618 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,323 2,975 Sheets Cold Rolled 27,126 47,039 Strip - Hot Rolled 189 331 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,109 9,779 ______________________________________________________________________________ January Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,707 144,122 88,045 170,511 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,181 1,800 33 92 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,971 22,050 18,611 25,065 Wire Rods 4,933 9,250 7,088 12,345 Structural Shapes Heavy 305 796 1,319 2,480 Plates Cut Lengths 1,882 3,954 4,128 8,131 Plates In Coils 804 1,214 4,273 5,729 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,987 4,442 2,025 5,257 Bars - Light Shaped 973 1,999 1,097 2,141 Bars - Cold Finished 6,334 16,605 7,262 16,344 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,802 27,893 7,330 25,185 Wire Drawn 2,479 9,395 2,133 7,618 Sheets Hot Rolled 930 1,346 2,323 2,975 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,384 33,924 27,126 47,039 Strip - Hot Rolled 89 203 189 331 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,654 9,250 3,109 9,779 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."