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. August 2001 July 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 66,491 128,181 79,561 146,448 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,067 2,284 3,172 3,672 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,292 24,622 28,523 31,361 Wire Rods 4,255 7,552 4,514 7,843 Structural Shapes Heavy 96 283 79 190 Plates Cut Lengths 1,957 3,510 1,787 3,358 Plates In Coils 696 1,019 1,517 1,842 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,657 3,510 2,192 4,800 Bars - Light Shaped 814 1,660 622 1,490 Bars - Cold Finished 3,751 10,390 7,133 18,826 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,949 34,602 7,379 27,695 Wire Drawn 1,863 6,742 2,556 8,442 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,046 1,051 844 1,584 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,005 24,286 17,263 27,251 Strip - Hot Rolled 28 76 35 124 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,014 6,595 1,945 7,971 ________________________________________________________________________________ July 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 82,537 160,481 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,210 3,696 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,692 31,601 Wire Rods 4,522 7,851 Structural Shapes Heavy 79 190 Plates Cut Lengths 1,788 3,372 Plates In Coils 1,555 1,923 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,274 4,867 Bars - Light Shaped 622 1,490 Bars - Cold Finished 7,230 18,944 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,662 40,555 Wire Drawn 2,585 8,512 Sheets Hot Rolled 895 1,798 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,420 27,561 Strip - Hot Rolled 51 110 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,953 8,009 _______________________________________________________________________________ August 2000 July 2000 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 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."