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. May 2001 April 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,194 140,494 71,541 139,039 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,276 2,984 2,104 2,484 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,742 22,452 20,359 22,825 Wire Rods 3,854 7,122 4,348 7,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 289 831 184 558 Plates Cut Lengths 5,274 7,921 2,924 5,056 Plates In Coils 1,122 1,847 1,229 1,758 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,895 6,045 2,982 6,863 Bars - Light Shaped 609 1,447 563 1,385 Bars - Cold Finished 8,422 20,666 8,091 20,495 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,359 25,754 6,629 25,590 Wire Drawn 2,723 9,215 2,393 8,735 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,140 1,655 1,379 1,777 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,340 25,328 16,276 26,194 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 66 107 167 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,113 7,159 1,974 7,328 _______________________________________________________________________________ April 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 72,292 140,440 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,120 2,521 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,609 23,097 Wire Rods 4,348 7,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 184 558 Plates Cut Lengths 2,960 5,112 Plates In Coils 1,403 1,974 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,028 6,948 Bars - Light Shaped 563 1,385 Bars - Cold Finished 8,115 20,721 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,637 25,617 Wire Drawn 2,453 8,989 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,379 1,777 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,403 26,388 Strip - Hot Rolled 107 167 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,984 7,361 ________________________________________________________________________________ May 2000 April 2000 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 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."