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 June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,061 123,317 75,991 143,124 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,750 3,288 2,314 3,009 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,313 22,465 22,051 23,935 Wire Rods 4,393 8,033 3,854 7,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 247 694 289 831 Plates Cut Lengths 1,179 2,242 5,279 7,931 Plates In Coils 458 760 1,166 2,060 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,840 3,609 2,965 6,225 Bars - Light Shaped 895 2,080 609 1,447 Bars - Cold Finished 5,307 14,260 8,527 21,069 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,487 24,879 6,335 25,600 Wire Drawn 2,336 8,348 2,739 9,328 Sheets Hot Rolled 276 408 1,338 1,880 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,352 24,117 16,373 25,403 Strip - Hot Rolled 20 59 37 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,208 8,076 2,116 7,217 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 96,076 205,852 118,268 232,618 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,014 5,777 2,774 3,980 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,478 33,463 36,156 52,617 Wire Rods 7,535 15,106 6,733 12,919 Structural Shapes Heavy 710 1,595 638 1,408 Plates Cut Lengths 5,125 10,989 4,207 8,629 Plates In Coils 2,028 3,326 5,086 7,760 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,984 6,780 3,470 7,330 Bars - Light Shaped 1,302 2,768 957 1,971 Bars - Cold Finished 7,538 18,239 9,132 21,260 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,149 27,888 7,615 26,591 Wire Drawn 2,703 9,594 2,872 10,400 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,273 2,428 4,071 5,576 Sheets Cold Rolled 27,884 57,368 30,842 60,713 Strip - Hot Rolled 215 582 129 257 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,138 9,947 3,584 11,208 ________________________________________________________________________________ June Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 426,561 835,566 605,904 1,195,304 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,563 14,754 9,691 13,707 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 125,716 139,480 157,547 216,799 Wire Rods 27,767 51,708 40,802 72,736 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,306 3,870 4,977 10,600 Plates Cut Lengths 16,048 29,741 26,205 51,951 Plates In Coils 6,230 9,775 23,540 35,123 Bars - Hot Rolled 13,959 30,742 16,587 37,356 Bars - Light Shaped 4,432 10,016 6,176 12,235 Bars - Cold Finished 42,840 110,148 47,727 109,689 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 38,591 153,381 45,141 158,902 Wire Drawn 14,956 54,041 14,557 52,094 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,212 8,544 16,917 24,580 Sheets Cold Rolled 103,194 171,358 175,644 335,063 Strip - Hot Rolled 438 833 1,481 2,822 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,308 47,177 18,911 61,647 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."