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. 2001 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,209 141,451 69,707 144,122 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,446 1,858 1,181 1,800 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,979 23,697 18,971 22,050 Wire Rods 5,500 10,471 4,933 9,250 Structural Shapes Heavy 162 677 305 796 Plates Cut Lengths 1,893 4,037 1,882 3,954 Plates In Coils 1,631 2,462 804 1,214 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,375 5,250 1,987 4,442 Bars - Light Shaped 420 976 973 1,999 Bars - Cold Finished 7,309 19,073 6,334 16,605 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,042 23,783 6,802 27,893 Wire Drawn 2,518 9,069 2,479 9,395 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,248 1,538 930 1,346 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,538 31,363 19,384 33,924 Strip - Hot Rolled 55 117 89 203 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,094 7,079 2,654 9,250 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 85,920 164,665 88,045 170,511 Ingots And Steel For Castings 54 100 33 92 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,072 27,516 18,611 25,065 Wire Rods 5,210 9,152 7,088 12,345 Structural Shapes Heavy 848 1,830 1,319 2,480 Plates Cut Lengths 3,931 7,395 4,128 8,131 Plates In Coils 2,474 3,698 4,273 5,729 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,351 5,314 2,025 5,257 Bars - Light Shaped 804 1,532 1,097 2,141 Bars - Cold Finished 7,283 16,425 7,262 16,344 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,886 22,853 7,330 25,185 Wire Drawn 2,316 8,063 2,133 7,618 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,909 2,825 2,323 2,975 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,429 47,545 27,126 47,039 Strip - Hot Rolled 138 229 189 331 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,217 10,186 3,109 9,779 ________________________________________________________________________________ February Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 140,915 285,573 173,965 335,175 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,627 3,657 87 192 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,950 45,748 40,683 52,581 Wire Rods 10,433 19,721 12,297 21,498 Structural Shapes Heavy 467 1,473 2,166 4,310 Plates Cut Lengths 3,775 7,991 8,058 15,526 Plates In Coils 2,435 3,676 6,747 9,426 Bars - Hot Rolled 4,362 9,692 4,376 10,571 Bars - Light Shaped 1,393 2,975 1,901 3,673 Bars - Cold Finished 13,643 35,679 14,545 32,769 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,844 51,677 14,216 48,038 Wire Drawn 4,996 18,464 4,449 15,681 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,178 2,885 4,233 5,800 Sheets Cold Rolled 36,922 65,287 53,555 94,584 Strip - Hot Rolled 144 321 326 560 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,748 16,329 6,326 19,966 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."