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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 85,494 138,143 47,759 101,624 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,693 2,781 1,476 1,528 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,460 32,318 6,567 8,086 Wire Rods 4,706 7,967 3,745 6,371 Structural Shapes Heavy 200 573 90 345 Plates Cut Lengths 2,234 4,223 1,673 2,822 Plates In Coils 2,922 3,480 1,280 1,640 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,075 2,702 823 2,095 Bars - Light Shaped 313 800 276 690 Bars - Cold Finished 5,220 12,973 3,500 9,457 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,496 25,525 6,910 29,355 Wire Drawn 2,222 7,369 2,061 6,975 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,194 2,306 808 964 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,584 25,906 15,837 23,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 30 48 121 233 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,143 9,171 2,592 7,699 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,571 152,295 66,776 144,287 Ingots And Steel For Castings 438 727 2,871 3,534 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,450 32,649 14,491 20,533 Wire Rods 4,787 9,249 5,118 10,235 Structural Shapes Heavy 234 745 282 757 Plates Cut Lengths 2,147 4,477 2,086 4,408 Plates In Coils 2,094 3,376 1,792 3,287 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,873 4,390 1,663 3,344 Bars - Light Shaped 704 1,543 271 558 Bars - Cold Finished 6,138 15,648 6,145 15,301 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,735 26,690 7,121 25,498 Wire Drawn 2,443 9,454 2,114 7,872 Sheets Hot Rolled 616 1,103 774 1,328 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,482 32,792 19,969 39,569 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 70 73 188 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,408 9,382 2,005 7,876 ________________________________________________________________________________ October Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 711,274 1,368,140 929,513 1,887,695 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,024 25,072 22,575 31,829 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 217,729 236,125 242,173 337,700 Wire Rods 45,145 81,705 63,575 117,957 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,785 5,291 7,001 14,335 Plates Cut Lengths 23,854 43,917 36,451 73,833 Plates In Coils 12,998 18,226 32,188 49,567 Bars - Hot Rolled 19,827 43,996 24,888 56,033 Bars - Light Shaped 6,474 14,693 8,693 17,606 Bars - Cold Finished 62,793 162,474 76,395 181,355 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 69,903 284,314 73,752 265,196 Wire Drawn 23,853 84,054 24,223 89,086 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,917 15,510 21,568 33,201 Sheets Cold Rolled 170,251 272,743 265,935 518,358 Strip - Hot Rolled 669 1,300 1,769 3,609 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,053 78,719 28,326 98,030 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."