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. April 2001 March 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,541 139,039 72,008 142,524 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,104 2,484 1,752 2,278 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,359 22,825 21,685 24,080 Wire Rods 4,348 7,824 4,740 9,007 Structural Shapes Heavy 184 558 120 314 Plates Cut Lengths 2,924 5,056 2,856 6,465 Plates In Coils 1,229 1,758 768 1,305 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,982 6,863 1,747 4,238 Bars - Light Shaped 563 1,385 972 2,129 Bars - Cold Finished 8,091 20,495 7,208 18,318 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,629 25,590 6,250 25,445 Wire Drawn 2,393 8,735 2,412 8,883 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,379 1,777 1,040 1,595 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,276 26,194 18,128 30,135 Strip - Hot Rolled 107 167 79 147 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,974 7,328 2,250 8,184 ______________________________________________________________________________ March 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 72,301 143,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,752 2,278 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,793 24,235 Wire Rods 4,740 9,007 Structural Shapes Heavy 120 314 Plates Cut Lengths 2,856 6,465 Plates In Coils 768 1,305 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,764 4,268 Bars - Light Shaped 972 2,129 Bars - Cold Finished 7,249 18,420 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,287 25,608 Wire Drawn 2,432 8,911 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,040 1,595 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,143 30,163 Strip - Hot Rolled 131 220 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,252 8,194 ______________________________________________________________________________ April 2000 March 2000 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 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."