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. January 2002 December 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,435 131,969 56,439 108,396 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,749 2,040 2,098 2,098 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,839 18,693 8,177 8,149 Wire Rods 6,055 9,007 5,048 7,889 Structural Shapes Heavy 249 756 174 541 Plates Cut Lengths 2,639 4,388 2,104 3,458 Plates In Coils 2,685 3,314 1,161 1,259 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,545 5,389 1,173 2,970 Bars - Light Shaped 1,338 3,131 2,052 4,579 Bars - Cold Finished 6,766 16,099 4,399 10,765 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,404 23,418 7,202 27,197 Wire Drawn 2,910 9,125 2,350 7,431 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,866 1,981 927 974 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,707 26,700 17,296 24,032 Strip - Hot Rolled 76 183 1 6 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,606 7,745 2,276 7,048 ________________________________________________________________________________ December 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,602 116,727 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,098 2,098 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,564 14,992 Wire Rods 5,048 7,889 Structural Shapes Heavy 198 592 Plates Cut Lengths 2,160 3,664 Plates In Coils 1,469 1,555 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,204 3,023 Bars - Light Shaped 2,052 4,579 Bars - Cold Finished 4,478 10,938 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,389 27,794 Wire Drawn 2,361 7,431 Sheets Hot Rolled 927 974 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,359 24,118 Strip - Hot Rolled 1 6 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,293 7,073 _______________________________________________________________________________ January 2001 December 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,707 144,122 65,490 134,227 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,181 1,800 377 514 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,971 22,050 20,458 24,385 Wire Rods 4,933 9,250 4,302 8,568 Structural Shapes Heavy 305 796 555 1,271 Plates Cut Lengths 1,882 3,954 1,341 3,054 Plates In Coils 804 1,214 1,307 2,035 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,987 4,442 1,967 5,249 Bars - Light Shaped 973 1,999 932 1,985 Bars - Cold Finished 6,334 16,605 6,009 15,398 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,802 27,893 6,843 24,951 Wire Drawn 2,479 9,395 1,985 8,759 Sheets Hot Rolled 930 1,346 915 1,268 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,384 33,924 16,577 30,310 Strip - Hot Rolled 89 203 56 132 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,654 9,250 1,865 6,348 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."