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. February 2001 January 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 70,568 140,891 69,209 142,888 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,446 1,858 1,181 1,800 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,561 23,628 18,912 21,800 Wire Rods 5,483 10,446 4,933 9,250 Structural Shapes Heavy 155 649 288 766 Plates Cut Lengths 1,893 4,037 1,882 3,954 Plates In Coils 1,631 2,462 786 1,180 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,373 5,245 1,987 4,442 Bars - Light Shaped 420 976 973 1,999 Bars - Cold Finished 7,309 19,073 6,084 16,061 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,986 23,599 6,780 27,826 Wire Drawn 2,516 9,036 2,478 9,392 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,232 1,515 914 1,317 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,434 31,212 19,286 33,718 Strip - Hot Rolled 55 117 82 168 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,075 7,038 2,643 9,215 _______________________________________________________________________________ January 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,707 144,122 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,181 1,800 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,971 22,050 Wire Rods 4,933 9,250 Structural Shapes Heavy 305 796 Plates Cut Lengths 1,882 3,954 Plates In Coils 804 1,214 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,987 4,442 Bars - Light Shaped 973 1,999 Bars - Cold Finished 6,334 16,605 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,802 27,893 Wire Drawn 2,479 9,395 Sheets Hot Rolled 930 1,346 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,384 33,924 Strip - Hot Rolled 89 203 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,654 9,250 ________________________________________________________________________________ February 2000 January 2000 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 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."