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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 68,923 132,326 82,537 160,481 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,082 2,312 3,210 3,696 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,294 24,641 28,692 31,601 Wire Rods 4,405 7,807 4,522 7,851 Structural Shapes Heavy 110 312 79 190 Plates Cut Lengths 2,111 3,759 1,788 3,372 Plates In Coils 1,011 1,407 1,555 1,923 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,695 3,590 2,274 4,867 Bars - Light Shaped 831 1,697 622 1,490 Bars - Cold Finished 4,002 10,952 7,230 18,944 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,244 35,498 9,662 40,555 Wire Drawn 2,030 7,158 2,585 8,512 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,808 1,898 895 1,798 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,217 24,556 17,420 27,561 Strip - Hot Rolled 28 76 51 110 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,057 6,664 1,953 8,009 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 86,066 180,947 101,196 214,861 Ingots And Steel For Castings 227 406 9,348 13,456 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 23,239 30,959 24,447 36,760 Wire Rods 6,263 12,230 6,605 13,507 Structural Shapes Heavy 421 1,079 1,087 1,153 Plates Cut Lengths 2,292 4,832 3,720 8,166 Plates In Coils 1,821 3,228 2,940 4,553 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,247 5,073 2,518 5,869 Bars - Light Shaped 426 964 1,116 2,305 Bars - Cold Finished 8,881 22,119 7,504 18,598 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,732 24,802 8,024 29,304 Wire Drawn 2,512 9,542 2,597 10,124 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,141 4,096 1,120 2,094 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,685 52,991 27,155 57,944 Strip - Hot Rolled 91 290 102 239 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,089 8,337 2,914 10,788 ________________________________________________________________________________ August Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 578,021 1,128,373 793,166 1,591,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16,855 20,763 19,266 27,568 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 176,702 195,721 205,232 284,518 Wire Rods 36,694 67,366 53,669 98,474 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,495 4,372 6,484 12,832 Plates Cut Lengths 19,947 36,872 32,218 64,948 Plates In Coils 8,795 13,106 28,301 42,904 Bars - Hot Rolled 17,928 39,199 21,352 48,299 Bars - Light Shaped 5,885 13,202 7,718 15,505 Bars - Cold Finished 54,072 140,045 64,112 150,407 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 56,496 229,434 59,897 213,008 Wire Drawn 19,570 69,710 19,666 71,760 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,914 12,240 20,178 30,770 Sheets Cold Rolled 136,831 223,475 229,484 445,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 518 1,019 1,674 3,351 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,318 61,849 23,914 80,771 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."