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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 72,292 140,440 72,301 143,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,120 2,521 1,752 2,278 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,609 23,097 21,793 24,235 Wire Rods 4,348 7,824 4,740 9,007 Structural Shapes Heavy 184 558 120 314 Plates Cut Lengths 2,960 5,112 2,856 6,465 Plates In Coils 1,403 1,974 768 1,305 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,028 6,948 1,764 4,268 Bars - Light Shaped 563 1,385 972 2,129 Bars - Cold Finished 8,115 20,721 7,249 18,420 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,637 25,617 6,287 25,608 Wire Drawn 2,453 8,989 2,432 8,911 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,379 1,777 1,040 1,595 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,403 26,388 18,143 30,163 Strip - Hot Rolled 107 167 131 220 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,984 7,361 2,252 8,194 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 102,220 201,219 115,375 220,439 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,715 3,580 100 177 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,814 36,003 32,417 42,135 Wire Rods 7,812 11,601 6,424 11,612 Structural Shapes Heavy 754 1,646 708 1,641 Plates Cut Lengths 2,987 5,730 5,829 11,077 Plates In Coils 4,201 6,148 5,479 8,463 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,665 7,983 2,092 4,692 Bars - Light Shaped 1,036 1,989 981 1,834 Bars - Cold Finished 7,290 16,993 9,221 20,428 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,909 24,891 9,252 31,493 Wire Drawn 2,104 7,769 2,429 8,650 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,313 3,634 5,027 7,141 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,643 62,730 31,720 59,669 Strip - Hot Rolled 300 651 511 773 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,678 9,872 3,186 10,654 ________________________________________________________________________________ April Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,509 569,125 391,560 756,834 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,499 8,457 2,903 3,949 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 82,352 93,079 98,913 130,719 Wire Rods 19,520 36,553 26,534 44,711 Structural Shapes Heavy 771 2,345 3,629 7,597 Plates Cut Lengths 9,590 19,568 16,874 32,333 Plates In Coils 4,607 6,955 16,427 24,037 Bars - Hot Rolled 9,154 20,908 10,132 23,246 Bars - Light Shaped 2,928 6,489 3,917 7,497 Bars - Cold Finished 29,007 74,819 31,056 70,190 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 25,769 102,902 30,377 104,422 Wire Drawn 9,881 36,364 8,982 32,099 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,597 6,257 11,573 16,575 Sheets Cold Rolled 71,468 121,838 116,918 216,982 Strip - Hot Rolled 382 707 1,137 1,984 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,984 31,884 12,189 40,492 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."