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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 75,991 143,124 72,292 140,440 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,314 3,009 2,120 2,521 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,051 23,935 20,609 23,097 Wire Rods 3,854 7,122 4,348 7,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 289 831 184 558 Plates Cut Lengths 5,279 7,931 2,960 5,112 Plates In Coils 1,166 2,060 1,403 1,974 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,965 6,225 3,028 6,948 Bars - Light Shaped 609 1,447 563 1,385 Bars - Cold Finished 8,527 21,069 8,115 20,721 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,335 25,600 6,637 25,617 Wire Drawn 2,739 9,328 2,453 8,989 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,338 1,880 1,379 1,777 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,373 25,403 16,403 26,388 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 66 107 167 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,116 7,217 1,984 7,361 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 118,268 232,618 102,220 201,219 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,774 3,980 2,715 3,580 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 36,156 52,617 25,814 36,003 Wire Rods 6,733 12,919 7,812 11,601 Structural Shapes Heavy 638 1,408 754 1,646 Plates Cut Lengths 4,207 8,629 2,987 5,730 Plates In Coils 5,086 7,760 4,201 6,148 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,470 7,330 3,665 7,983 Bars - Light Shaped 957 1,971 1,036 1,989 Bars - Cold Finished 9,132 21,260 7,290 16,993 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,615 26,591 6,909 24,891 Wire Drawn 2,872 10,400 2,104 7,769 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,071 5,576 2,313 3,634 Sheets Cold Rolled 30,842 60,713 31,643 62,730 Strip - Hot Rolled 129 257 300 651 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,584 11,208 2,678 9,872 ________________________________________________________________________________ May Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,500 712,249 509,828 989,452 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,813 11,466 5,677 7,930 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 104,403 117,015 135,069 183,336 Wire Rods 23,375 43,675 33,267 57,630 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,060 3,177 4,267 9,004 Plates Cut Lengths 14,869 27,499 21,081 40,962 Plates In Coils 5,772 9,015 21,512 31,797 Bars - Hot Rolled 12,119 27,132 13,602 30,576 Bars - Light Shaped 3,537 7,936 4,875 9,467 Bars - Cold Finished 37,533 95,889 40,188 91,450 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 32,104 128,502 37,992 131,013 Wire Drawn 12,620 45,692 11,854 42,500 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,935 8,136 15,644 22,152 Sheets Cold Rolled 87,841 147,240 147,760 277,695 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 773 1,267 2,240 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,100 39,101 15,773 51,700 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."