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. November 2001 October 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,428 113,550 82,756 139,029 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,571 2,731 2,580 2,707 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,426 16,992 34,421 32,285 Wire Rods 4,550 7,466 4,670 7,934 Structural Shapes Heavy 18 82 121 459 Plates Cut Lengths 3,369 5,417 2,153 4,135 Plates In Coils 2,893 3,231 2,217 2,697 Bars - Hot Rolled 943 2,123 990 2,490 Bars - Light Shaped 152 362 291 710 Bars - Cold Finished 4,448 11,613 5,023 12,515 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,675 24,914 6,297 29,222 Wire Drawn 1,982 6,499 2,081 7,238 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,513 1,779 1,657 1,838 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,471 22,997 17,118 25,522 Strip - Hot Rolled 25 49 38 205 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,392 7,295 3,100 9,072 _______________________________________________________________________________ October 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 85,494 138,143 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,693 2,781 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,460 32,318 Wire Rods 4,706 7,967 Structural Shapes Heavy 200 573 Plates Cut Lengths 2,234 4,223 Plates In Coils 2,922 3,480 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,075 2,702 Bars - Light Shaped 313 800 Bars - Cold Finished 5,220 12,973 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,496 25,525 Wire Drawn 2,222 7,369 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,194 2,306 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,584 25,906 Strip - Hot Rolled 30 48 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,143 9,171 ________________________________________________________________________________ November 2000 October 2000 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 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."