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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,602 116,727 70,511 119,137 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,098 2,098 2,647 2,777 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,564 14,992 18,932 18,174 Wire Rods 5,048 7,889 4,562 7,507 Structural Shapes Heavy 198 592 85 191 Plates Cut Lengths 2,160 3,664 3,599 5,773 Plates In Coils 1,469 1,555 2,938 3,334 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,204 3,023 942 2,130 Bars - Light Shaped 2,052 4,579 162 382 Bars - Cold Finished 4,478 10,938 4,518 11,744 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,389 27,794 6,944 25,942 Wire Drawn 2,361 7,431 2,000 6,558 Sheets Hot Rolled 927 974 2,619 2,469 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,359 24,118 18,113 24,748 Strip - Hot Rolled 1 6 25 49 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,293 7,073 2,425 7,361 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,490 134,227 74,491 153,997 Ingots And Steel For Castings 377 514 408 663 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,458 24,385 25,984 32,505 Wire Rods 4,302 8,568 5,747 10,911 Structural Shapes Heavy 555 1,271 378 756 Plates Cut Lengths 1,341 3,054 1,957 3,979 Plates In Coils 1,307 2,035 989 1,647 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,967 5,249 1,775 4,040 Bars - Light Shaped 932 1,985 583 1,277 Bars - Cold Finished 6,009 15,398 6,905 16,888 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,843 24,951 7,162 28,821 Wire Drawn 1,985 8,759 2,223 9,664 Sheets Hot Rolled 915 1,268 856 1,482 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,577 30,310 17,481 33,456 Strip - Hot Rolled 56 132 61 138 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,865 6,348 1,983 7,770 ________________________________________________________________________________ December Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 847,387 1,604,003 1,069,495 2,175,918 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25,769 29,947 23,360 33,006 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 253,225 269,291 288,616 394,589 Wire Rods 54,755 97,100 73,624 137,435 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,068 6,075 7,934 16,362 Plates Cut Lengths 29,612 53,354 39,749 80,867 Plates In Coils 17,405 23,115 34,483 53,249 Bars - Hot Rolled 21,973 49,149 28,630 65,322 Bars - Light Shaped 8,687 19,654 10,208 20,868 Bars - Cold Finished 71,789 185,157 89,309 213,640 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 84,236 338,049 87,756 318,969 Wire Drawn 28,215 98,042 28,431 107,509 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,462 18,953 23,339 35,951 Sheets Cold Rolled 205,723 321,609 299,993 582,124 Strip - Hot Rolled 695 1,355 1,886 3,879 Strip - Cold Rolled 27,771 93,154 32,174 112,148 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."