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. March 2002 February 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,885 122,714 71,346 122,481 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,723 2,885 3,258 3,862 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 23,913 26,007 21,734 25,141 Wire Rods 4,871 7,801 7,152 11,894 Structural Shapes Heavy 192 559 158 387 Plates Cut Lengths 3,519 6,098 2,459 3,868 Plates In Coils 1,499 1,884 2,881 3,094 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,522 3,372 1,680 3,647 Bars - Light Shaped 331 808 543 1,293 Bars - Cold Finished 3,974 9,694 4,879 11,260 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,145 22,742 5,152 19,840 Wire Drawn 2,231 6,922 2,292 7,412 Sheets Hot Rolled 626 737 1,480 1,303 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,743 25,197 15,534 22,439 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 31 13 49 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,575 7,978 2,131 6,992 ________________________________________________________________________________ February 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 84,427 134,614 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,296 3,884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,186 33,827 Wire Rods 7,185 11,930 Structural Shapes Heavy 159 392 Plates Cut Lengths 2,541 3,943 Plates In Coils 2,933 3,193 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,129 4,309 Bars - Light Shaped 549 1,319 Bars - Cold Finished 4,991 11,536 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,306 20,226 Wire Drawn 2,381 7,559 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,662 1,460 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,924 23,963 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 49 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,171 7,025 March 2001 February 2001 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 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."