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. February 2002 January 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,346 122,481 74,435 131,969 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,258 3,862 1,749 2,040 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,734 25,141 17,839 18,693 Wire Rods 7,152 11,894 6,055 9,007 Structural Shapes Heavy 158 387 249 756 Plates Cut Lengths 2,459 3,868 2,639 4,388 Plates In Coils 2,881 3,094 2,685 3,314 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,680 3,647 2,545 5,389 Bars - Light Shaped 543 1,293 1,338 3,131 Bars - Cold Finished 4,879 11,260 6,766 16,099 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,152 19,840 6,404 23,418 Wire Drawn 2,292 7,412 2,910 9,125 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,480 1,303 1,866 1,981 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,534 22,439 18,707 26,700 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 49 76 183 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,131 6,992 2,606 7,745 ________________________________________________________________________________ January 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 75,111 132,961 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,808 2,077 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,862 18,705 Wire Rods 6,055 9,007 Structural Shapes Heavy 251 761 Plates Cut Lengths 2,692 4,484 Plates In Coils 2,692 3,325 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,843 5,769 Bars - Light Shaped 1,338 3,131 Bars - Cold Finished 6,879 16,332 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,447 23,590 Wire Drawn 2,966 9,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,866 1,981 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,726 26,719 Strip - Hot Rolled 77 183 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,607 7,745 ______________________________________________________________________________ February 2001 January 2001 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 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."