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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 72,301 143,112 71,209 141,451 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,752 2,278 1,446 1,858 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,793 24,235 20,979 23,697 Wire Rods 4,740 9,007 5,500 10,471 Structural Shapes Heavy 120 314 162 677 Plates Cut Lengths 2,856 6,465 1,893 4,037 Plates In Coils 768 1,305 1,631 2,462 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,764 4,268 2,375 5,250 Bars - Light Shaped 972 2,129 420 976 Bars - Cold Finished 7,249 18,420 7,309 19,073 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,287 25,608 6,042 23,783 Wire Drawn 2,432 8,911 2,518 9,069 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,040 1,595 1,248 1,538 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,143 30,163 17,538 31,363 Strip - Hot Rolled 131 220 55 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,252 8,194 2,094 7,079 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 115,375 220,439 85,920 164,665 Ingots And Steel For Castings 100 177 54 100 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,417 42,135 22,072 27,516 Wire Rods 6,424 11,612 5,210 9,152 Structural Shapes Heavy 708 1,641 848 1,830 Plates Cut Lengths 5,829 11,077 3,931 7,395 Plates In Coils 5,479 8,463 2,474 3,698 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,092 4,692 2,351 5,314 Bars - Light Shaped 981 1,834 804 1,532 Bars - Cold Finished 9,221 20,428 7,283 16,425 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,252 31,493 6,886 22,853 Wire Drawn 2,429 8,650 2,316 8,063 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,027 7,141 1,909 2,825 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,720 59,669 26,429 47,545 Strip - Hot Rolled 511 773 138 229 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,186 10,654 3,217 10,186 ________________________________________________________________________________ March Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 213,216 428,685 289,340 555,615 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,379 5,936 187 369 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 61,743 69,982 73,099 94,716 Wire Rods 15,173 28,729 18,722 33,110 Structural Shapes Heavy 587 1,787 2,875 5,951 Plates Cut Lengths 6,630 14,456 13,887 26,603 Plates In Coils 3,203 4,981 12,226 17,889 Bars - Hot Rolled 6,126 13,960 6,468 15,263 Bars - Light Shaped 2,365 5,103 2,881 5,507 Bars - Cold Finished 20,891 54,098 23,766 53,197 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,132 77,285 23,468 79,531 Wire Drawn 7,429 27,375 6,878 24,331 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,218 4,480 9,260 12,941 Sheets Cold Rolled 55,065 95,450 85,275 154,253 Strip - Hot Rolled 275 541 837 1,333 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,000 24,523 9,511 30,620 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."