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. March 2001 February 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 72,008 142,524 70,568 140,891 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,752 2,278 1,446 1,858 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,685 24,080 20,561 23,628 Wire Rods 4,740 9,007 5,483 10,446 Structural Shapes Heavy 120 314 155 649 Plates Cut Lengths 2,856 6,465 1,893 4,037 Plates In Coils 768 1,305 1,631 2,462 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,747 4,238 2,373 5,245 Bars - Light Shaped 972 2,129 420 976 Bars - Cold Finished 7,208 18,318 7,309 19,073 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,250 25,445 5,986 23,599 Wire Drawn 2,412 8,883 2,516 9,036 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,040 1,595 1,232 1,515 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,128 30,135 17,434 31,212 Strip - Hot Rolled 79 147 55 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,250 8,184 2,075 7,038 _______________________________________________________________________________ February 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,209 141,451 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,446 1,858 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,979 23,697 Wire Rods 5,500 10,471 Structural Shapes Heavy 162 677 Plates Cut Lengths 1,893 4,037 Plates In Coils 1,631 2,462 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,375 5,250 Bars - Light Shaped 420 976 Bars - Cold Finished 7,309 19,073 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,042 23,783 Wire Drawn 2,518 9,069 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,248 1,538 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,538 31,363 Strip - Hot Rolled 55 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,094 7,079 ________________________________________________________________________________ March 2000 February 2000 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 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."