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. September 2001 August 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 44,386 97,740 66,491 128,181 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,305 1,417 2,067 2,284 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,671 7,332 22,292 24,622 Wire Rods 3,619 6,258 4,255 7,552 Structural Shapes Heavy 90 345 96 283 Plates Cut Lengths 1,587 2,704 1,957 3,510 Plates In Coils 699 1,016 696 1,019 Bars - Hot Rolled 778 2,020 1,657 3,510 Bars - Light Shaped 276 690 814 1,660 Bars - Cold Finished 3,339 9,089 3,751 10,390 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,701 29,135 7,949 34,602 Wire Drawn 2,022 6,944 1,863 6,742 Sheets Hot Rolled 674 822 1,046 1,051 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,069 22,327 16,005 24,286 Strip - Hot Rolled 121 233 28 76 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,433 7,405 2,014 6,595 _______________________________________________________________________________ August 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 68,923 132,326 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,082 2,312 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,294 24,641 Wire Rods 4,405 7,807 Structural Shapes Heavy 110 312 Plates Cut Lengths 2,111 3,759 Plates In Coils 1,011 1,407 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,695 3,590 Bars - Light Shaped 831 1,697 Bars - Cold Finished 4,002 10,952 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,244 35,498 Wire Drawn 2,030 7,158 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,808 1,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,217 24,556 Strip - Hot Rolled 28 76 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,057 6,664 ________________________________________________________________________________ September 2000 August 2000 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 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."