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. October 2001 September 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 82,756 139,029 44,386 97,740 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,580 2,707 1,305 1,417 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,421 32,285 5,671 7,332 Wire Rods 4,670 7,934 3,619 6,258 Structural Shapes Heavy 121 459 90 345 Plates Cut Lengths 2,153 4,135 1,587 2,704 Plates In Coils 2,217 2,697 699 1,016 Bars - Hot Rolled 990 2,490 778 2,020 Bars - Light Shaped 291 710 276 690 Bars - Cold Finished 5,023 12,515 3,339 9,089 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,297 29,222 6,701 29,135 Wire Drawn 2,081 7,238 2,022 6,944 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,657 1,838 674 822 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,118 25,522 15,069 22,327 Strip - Hot Rolled 38 205 121 233 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,100 9,072 2,433 7,405 ________________________________________________________________________________ September 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 47,759 101,624 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,476 1,528 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,567 8,086 Wire Rods 3,745 6,371 Structural Shapes Heavy 90 345 Plates Cut Lengths 1,673 2,822 Plates In Coils 1,280 1,640 Bars - Hot Rolled 823 2,095 Bars - Light Shaped 276 690 Bars - Cold Finished 3,500 9,457 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,910 29,355 Wire Drawn 2,061 6,975 Sheets Hot Rolled 808 964 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,837 23,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 121 233 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,592 7,699 _______________________________________________________________________________ October 2000 September 2000 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 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."