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. July 2001 June 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 79,561 146,448 64,105 121,651 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,172 3,672 2,736 3,260 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,523 31,361 21,150 22,260 Wire Rods 4,514 7,843 4,393 8,033 Structural Shapes Heavy 79 190 247 694 Plates Cut Lengths 1,787 3,358 1,179 2,242 Plates In Coils 1,517 1,842 458 760 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,192 4,800 1,765 3,458 Bars - Light Shaped 622 1,490 895 2,080 Bars - Cold Finished 7,133 18,826 5,279 14,193 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,379 27,695 6,399 24,617 Wire Drawn 2,556 8,442 2,336 8,346 Sheets Hot Rolled 844 1,584 249 363 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,263 27,251 14,964 23,480 Strip - Hot Rolled 35 124 20 78 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,945 7,971 2,035 7,789 ________________________________________________________________________________ June 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,061 123,317 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,750 3,288 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,313 22,465 Wire Rods 4,393 8,033 Structural Shapes Heavy 247 694 Plates Cut Lengths 1,179 2,242 Plates In Coils 458 760 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,840 3,609 Bars - Light Shaped 895 2,080 Bars - Cold Finished 5,307 14,260 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,487 24,879 Wire Drawn 2,336 8,348 Sheets Hot Rolled 276 408 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,352 24,117 Strip - Hot Rolled 20 59 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,208 8,076 July 2000 June 2000 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 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."