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. June 2001 May 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,105 121,651 74,194 140,494 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,736 3,260 2,276 2,984 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,150 22,260 20,742 22,452 Wire Rods 4,393 8,033 3,854 7,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 247 694 289 831 Plates Cut Lengths 1,179 2,242 5,274 7,921 Plates In Coils 458 760 1,122 1,847 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,765 3,458 2,895 6,045 Bars - Light Shaped 895 2,080 609 1,447 Bars - Cold Finished 5,279 14,193 8,422 20,666 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,399 24,617 6,359 25,754 Wire Drawn 2,336 8,346 2,723 9,215 Sheets Hot Rolled 249 363 1,140 1,655 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,964 23,480 16,340 25,328 Strip - Hot Rolled 20 78 37 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,035 7,789 2,113 7,159 ______________________________________________________________________________ May 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 75,991 143,124 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,314 3,009 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,051 23,935 Wire Rods 3,854 7,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 289 831 Plates Cut Lengths 5,279 7,931 Plates In Coils 1,166 2,060 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,965 6,225 Bars - Light Shaped 609 1,447 Bars - Cold Finished 8,527 21,069 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,335 25,600 Wire Drawn 2,739 9,328 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,338 1,880 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,373 25,403 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,116 7,217 ______________________________________________________________________________ June 2000 May 2000 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 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."