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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 70,511 119,137 85,494 138,143 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,647 2,777 2,693 2,781 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,932 18,174 34,460 32,318 Wire Rods 4,562 7,507 4,706 7,967 Structural Shapes Heavy 85 191 200 573 Plates Cut Lengths 3,599 5,773 2,234 4,223 Plates In Coils 2,938 3,334 2,922 3,480 Bars - Hot Rolled 942 2,130 1,075 2,702 Bars - Light Shaped 162 382 313 800 Bars - Cold Finished 4,518 11,744 5,220 12,973 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,944 25,942 6,496 25,525 Wire Drawn 2,000 6,558 2,222 7,369 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,619 2,469 2,194 2,306 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,113 24,748 17,584 25,906 Strip - Hot Rolled 25 49 30 48 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,425 7,361 3,143 9,171 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,491 153,997 69,571 152,295 Ingots And Steel For Castings 408 663 438 727 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,984 32,505 22,450 32,649 Wire Rods 5,747 10,911 4,787 9,249 Structural Shapes Heavy 378 756 234 745 Plates Cut Lengths 1,957 3,979 2,147 4,477 Plates In Coils 989 1,647 2,094 3,376 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,775 4,040 1,873 4,390 Bars - Light Shaped 583 1,277 704 1,543 Bars - Cold Finished 6,905 16,888 6,138 15,648 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,162 28,821 6,735 26,690 Wire Drawn 2,223 9,664 2,443 9,454 Sheets Hot Rolled 856 1,482 616 1,103 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,481 33,456 16,482 32,792 Strip - Hot Rolled 61 138 21 70 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,983 7,770 2,408 9,382 ________________________________________________________________________________ November Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 781,785 1,487,277 1,004,004 2,041,691 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,671 27,849 22,983 32,492 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 236,661 254,299 268,157 370,204 Wire Rods 49,707 89,211 69,322 128,868 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,870 5,482 7,379 15,091 Plates Cut Lengths 27,452 49,690 38,408 77,813 Plates In Coils 15,936 21,560 33,177 51,214 Bars - Hot Rolled 20,769 46,126 26,663 60,072 Bars - Light Shaped 6,636 15,075 9,276 18,883 Bars - Cold Finished 67,311 174,219 83,300 198,243 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 76,847 310,255 80,914 294,017 Wire Drawn 25,853 90,612 26,447 98,750 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,535 17,979 22,424 34,683 Sheets Cold Rolled 188,364 297,491 283,416 551,814 Strip - Hot Rolled 693 1,349 1,830 3,747 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,479 86,081 30,309 105,800 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."