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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 85,959 136,777 84,427 134,614 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,723 2,885 3,296 3,884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 35,002 37,428 32,186 33,827 Wire Rods 4,964 7,949 7,185 11,930 Structural Shapes Heavy 192 559 159 392 Plates Cut Lengths 3,573 6,200 2,541 3,943 Plates In Coils 1,589 1,927 2,933 3,193 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,563 3,477 2,129 4,309 Bars - Light Shaped 332 808 549 1,319 Bars - Cold Finished 4,282 10,475 4,991 11,536 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,209 22,871 5,306 20,226 Wire Drawn 2,257 7,044 2,381 7,559 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,877 1,845 1,662 1,460 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,777 25,272 16,924 23,963 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 31 13 49 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,598 8,005 2,171 7,025 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 72,301 143,112 71,209 141,451 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,752 2,278 1,446 1,858 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,793 24,235 20,979 23,697 Wire Rods 4,740 9,007 5,500 10,471 Structural Shapes Heavy 120 314 162 677 Plates Cut Lengths 2,856 6,465 1,893 4,037 Plates In Coils 768 1,305 1,631 2,462 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,764 4,268 2,375 5,250 Bars - Light Shaped 972 2,129 420 976 Bars - Cold Finished 7,249 18,420 7,309 19,073 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,287 25,608 6,042 23,783 Wire Drawn 2,432 8,911 2,518 9,069 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,040 1,595 1,248 1,538 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,143 30,163 17,538 31,363 Strip - Hot Rolled 131 220 55 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,252 8,194 2,094 7,079 ____________________________________________________________________________________ March Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 245,497 404,352 213,216 428,685 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,827 8,846 4,379 5,936 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 85,051 89,959 61,743 69,982 Wire Rods 18,204 28,886 15,173 28,729 Structural Shapes Heavy 603 1,711 587 1,787 Plates Cut Lengths 8,807 14,628 6,630 14,456 Plates In Coils 7,215 8,445 3,203 4,981 Bars - Hot Rolled 6,535 13,555 6,126 13,960 Bars - Light Shaped 2,220 5,258 2,365 5,103 Bars - Cold Finished 16,151 38,343 20,891 54,098 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 17,962 66,686 19,132 77,285 Wire Drawn 7,604 23,756 7,429 27,375 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,405 5,287 3,218 4,480 Sheets Cold Rolled 53,426 75,954 55,065 95,450 Strip - Hot Rolled 111 263 275 541 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,376 22,776 7,000 24,523 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."