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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 47,759 101,624 68,923 132,326 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,476 1,528 2,082 2,312 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,567 8,086 22,294 24,641 Wire Rods 3,745 6,371 4,405 7,807 Structural Shapes Heavy 90 345 110 312 Plates Cut Lengths 1,673 2,822 2,111 3,759 Plates In Coils 1,280 1,640 1,011 1,407 Bars - Hot Rolled 823 2,095 1,695 3,590 Bars - Light Shaped 276 690 831 1,697 Bars - Cold Finished 3,500 9,457 4,002 10,952 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,910 29,355 8,244 35,498 Wire Drawn 2,061 6,975 2,030 7,158 Sheets Hot Rolled 808 964 1,808 1,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,837 23,362 16,217 24,556 Strip - Hot Rolled 121 233 28 76 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,592 7,699 2,057 6,664 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 66,776 144,287 86,066 180,947 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,871 3,534 227 406 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,491 20,533 23,239 30,959 Wire Rods 5,118 10,235 6,263 12,230 Structural Shapes Heavy 282 757 421 1,079 Plates Cut Lengths 2,086 4,408 2,292 4,832 Plates In Coils 1,792 3,287 1,821 3,228 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,663 3,344 2,247 5,073 Bars - Light Shaped 271 558 426 964 Bars - Cold Finished 6,145 15,301 8,881 22,119 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,121 25,498 6,732 24,802 Wire Drawn 2,114 7,872 2,512 9,542 Sheets Hot Rolled 774 1,328 2,141 4,096 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,969 39,569 26,685 52,991 Strip - Hot Rolled 73 188 91 290 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,005 7,876 2,089 8,337 ________________________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 625,780 1,229,997 859,942 1,735,399 Ingots And Steel For Castings 18,330 22,291 22,137 31,102 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 183,269 203,807 219,723 305,051 Wire Rods 40,439 73,737 58,788 108,708 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,585 4,718 6,767 13,589 Plates Cut Lengths 21,620 39,694 34,304 69,356 Plates In Coils 10,076 14,746 30,094 46,191 Bars - Hot Rolled 18,751 41,294 23,015 51,642 Bars - Light Shaped 6,161 13,893 7,989 16,063 Bars - Cold Finished 57,572 149,501 70,257 165,707 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,406 258,789 67,018 238,506 Wire Drawn 21,632 76,685 21,780 79,632 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,722 13,204 20,952 32,097 Sheets Cold Rolled 152,667 246,837 249,453 485,566 Strip - Hot Rolled 639 1,252 1,748 3,540 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,910 69,548 25,918 88,648 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."