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. 2002 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 84,427 134,614 75,111 132,961 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,296 3,884 1,808 2,077 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,186 33,827 17,862 18,705 Wire Rods 7,185 11,930 6,055 9,007 Structural Shapes Heavy 159 392 251 761 Plates Cut Lengths 2,541 3,943 2,692 4,484 Plates In Coils 2,933 3,193 2,692 3,325 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,129 4,309 2,843 5,769 Bars - Light Shaped 549 1,319 1,338 3,131 Bars - Cold Finished 4,991 11,536 6,879 16,332 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,306 20,226 6,447 23,590 Wire Drawn 2,381 7,559 2,966 9,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,662 1,460 1,866 1,981 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,924 23,963 18,726 26,719 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 49 77 183 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,171 7,025 2,607 7,745 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,209 141,451 69,707 144,122 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,446 1,858 1,181 1,800 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,979 23,697 18,971 22,050 Wire Rods 5,500 10,471 4,933 9,250 Structural Shapes Heavy 162 677 305 796 Plates Cut Lengths 1,893 4,037 1,882 3,954 Plates In Coils 1,631 2,462 804 1,214 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,375 5,250 1,987 4,442 Bars - Light Shaped 420 976 973 1,999 Bars - Cold Finished 7,309 19,073 6,334 16,605 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,042 23,783 6,802 27,893 Wire Drawn 2,518 9,069 2,479 9,395 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,248 1,538 930 1,346 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,538 31,363 19,384 33,924 Strip - Hot Rolled 55 117 89 203 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,094 7,079 2,654 9,250 ____________________________________________________________________________________ February Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 159,537 267,575 140,915 285,573 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,104 5,961 2,627 3,657 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,048 52,531 39,950 45,748 Wire Rods 13,241 20,937 10,433 19,721 Structural Shapes Heavy 411 1,152 467 1,473 Plates Cut Lengths 5,233 8,428 3,775 7,991 Plates In Coils 5,625 6,517 2,435 3,676 Bars - Hot Rolled 4,972 10,078 4,362 9,692 Bars - Light Shaped 1,888 4,450 1,393 2,975 Bars - Cold Finished 11,870 27,868 13,643 35,679 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,753 43,815 12,844 51,677 Wire Drawn 5,348 16,712 4,996 18,464 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,528 3,442 2,178 2,885 Sheets Cold Rolled 35,650 50,682 36,922 65,287 Strip - Hot Rolled 89 232 144 321 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,778 14,771 4,748 16,329 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."