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. December 2001 November 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 56,439 108,396 65,428 113,550 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,098 2,098 2,571 2,731 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,177 8,149 17,426 16,992 Wire Rods 5,048 7,889 4,550 7,466 Structural Shapes Heavy 174 541 18 82 Plates Cut Lengths 2,104 3,458 3,369 5,417 Plates In Coils 1,161 1,259 2,893 3,231 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,173 2,970 943 2,123 Bars - Light Shaped 2,052 4,579 152 362 Bars - Cold Finished 4,399 10,765 4,448 11,613 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,202 27,197 6,675 24,914 Wire Drawn 2,350 7,431 1,982 6,499 Sheets Hot Rolled 927 974 1,513 1,779 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,296 24,032 16,471 22,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 1 6 25 49 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,276 7,048 2,392 7,295 _______________________________________________________________________________ November 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 70,511 119,137 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,647 2,777 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,932 18,174 Wire Rods 4,562 7,507 Structural Shapes Heavy 85 191 Plates Cut Lengths 3,599 5,773 Plates In Coils 2,938 3,334 Bars - Hot Rolled 942 2,130 Bars - Light Shaped 162 382 Bars - Cold Finished 4,518 11,744 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,944 25,942 Wire Drawn 2,000 6,558 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,619 2,469 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,113 24,748 Strip - Hot Rolled 25 49 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,425 7,361 ________________________________________________________________________________ December 2000 November 2000 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 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."