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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,947 128,778 85,959 136,777 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,381 2,913 2,723 2,885 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,476 32,339 35,002 37,428 Wire Rods 2,160 4,152 4,964 7,949 Structural Shapes Heavy 50 181 192 559 Plates Cut Lengths 2,259 3,865 3,573 6,200 Plates In Coils 1,629 1,573 1,589 1,927 Bars - Hot Rolled 590 1,387 1,563 3,477 Bars - Light Shaped 613 1,302 332 808 Bars - Cold Finished 3,849 9,450 4,282 10,475 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,562 26,062 6,209 22,871 Wire Drawn 1,885 6,395 2,257 7,044 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,343 981 2,877 1,845 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,306 28,523 17,777 25,272 Strip - Hot Rolled 15 20 21 31 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,829 9,635 2,598 8,005 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 72,292 140,440 72,301 143,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,120 2,521 1,752 2,278 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,609 23,097 21,793 24,235 Wire Rods 4,348 7,824 4,740 9,007 Structural Shapes Heavy 184 558 120 314 Plates Cut Lengths 2,960 5,112 2,856 6,465 Plates In Coils 1,403 1,974 768 1,305 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,028 6,948 1,764 4,268 Bars - Light Shaped 563 1,385 972 2,129 Bars - Cold Finished 8,115 20,721 7,249 18,420 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,637 25,617 6,287 25,608 Wire Drawn 2,453 8,989 2,432 8,911 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,379 1,777 1,040 1,595 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,403 26,388 18,143 30,163 Strip - Hot Rolled 107 167 131 220 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,984 7,361 2,252 8,194 ____________________________________________________________________________________ April Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 319,444 533,129 285,509 569,125 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,207 11,758 6,499 8,457 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 113,526 122,298 82,352 93,079 Wire Rods 20,364 33,038 19,520 36,553 Structural Shapes Heavy 653 1,892 771 2,345 Plates Cut Lengths 11,066 18,493 9,590 19,568 Plates In Coils 8,844 10,018 4,607 6,955 Bars - Hot Rolled 7,125 14,942 9,154 20,908 Bars - Light Shaped 2,833 6,559 2,928 6,489 Bars - Cold Finished 20,000 47,793 29,007 74,819 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 24,524 92,749 25,769 102,902 Wire Drawn 9,490 30,151 9,881 36,364 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,749 6,268 4,597 6,257 Sheets Cold Rolled 72,733 104,477 71,468 121,838 Strip - Hot Rolled 126 283 382 707 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,204 32,410 8,984 31,884 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."