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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 82,537 160,481 65,061 123,317 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,210 3,696 2,750 3,288 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,692 31,601 21,313 22,465 Wire Rods 4,522 7,851 4,393 8,033 Structural Shapes Heavy 79 190 247 694 Plates Cut Lengths 1,788 3,372 1,179 2,242 Plates In Coils 1,555 1,923 458 760 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,274 4,867 1,840 3,609 Bars - Light Shaped 622 1,490 895 2,080 Bars - Cold Finished 7,230 18,944 5,307 14,260 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,662 40,555 6,487 24,879 Wire Drawn 2,585 8,512 2,336 8,348 Sheets Hot Rolled 895 1,798 276 408 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,420 27,561 15,352 24,117 Strip - Hot Rolled 51 110 20 59 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,953 8,009 2,208 8,076 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 101,196 214,861 96,076 205,852 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,348 13,456 4,014 5,777 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 24,447 36,760 22,478 33,463 Wire Rods 6,605 13,507 7,535 15,106 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,087 1,153 710 1,595 Plates Cut Lengths 3,720 8,166 5,125 10,989 Plates In Coils 2,940 4,553 2,028 3,326 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,518 5,869 2,984 6,780 Bars - Light Shaped 1,116 2,305 1,302 2,768 Bars - Cold Finished 7,504 18,598 7,538 18,239 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,024 29,304 7,149 27,888 Wire Drawn 2,597 10,124 2,703 9,594 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,120 2,094 1,273 2,428 Sheets Cold Rolled 27,155 57,944 27,884 57,368 Strip - Hot Rolled 102 239 215 582 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,914 10,788 3,138 9,947 ________________________________________________________________________________ July Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 509,098 996,047 707,100 1,410,165 Ingots And Steel For Castings 14,773 18,450 19,039 27,163 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 154,408 171,081 181,993 253,559 Wire Rods 32,289 59,559 47,407 86,243 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,386 4,060 6,063 11,753 Plates Cut Lengths 17,836 33,113 29,925 60,116 Plates In Coils 7,784 11,698 26,480 39,676 Bars - Hot Rolled 16,233 35,609 19,105 43,226 Bars - Light Shaped 5,054 11,506 7,292 14,541 Bars - Cold Finished 50,070 129,093 55,231 128,288 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 48,253 193,936 53,165 188,206 Wire Drawn 17,541 62,552 17,154 62,218 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,106 10,342 18,037 26,674 Sheets Cold Rolled 120,613 198,919 202,799 393,006 Strip - Hot Rolled 489 943 1,583 3,061 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,261 55,186 21,825 72,435 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."