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. April 2002 March 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 56,398 109,978 71,885 122,714 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,381 2,913 2,723 2,885 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,987 15,221 23,913 26,007 Wire Rods 2,140 4,126 4,871 7,801 Structural Shapes Heavy 49 174 192 559 Plates Cut Lengths 2,234 3,823 3,519 6,098 Plates In Coils 759 1,163 1,499 1,884 Bars - Hot Rolled 590 1,384 1,522 3,372 Bars - Light Shaped 613 1,302 331 808 Bars - Cold Finished 3,763 9,253 3,974 9,694 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,536 25,976 6,145 22,742 Wire Drawn 1,866 6,330 2,231 6,922 Sheets Hot Rolled 441 557 626 737 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,222 28,160 17,743 25,197 Strip - Hot Rolled 15 20 21 31 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,801 9,578 2,575 7,978 ________________________________________________________________________________ March 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 85,959 136,777 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,723 2,885 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 35,002 37,428 Wire Rods 4,964 7,949 Structural Shapes Heavy 192 559 Plates Cut Lengths 3,573 6,200 Plates In Coils 1,589 1,927 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,563 3,477 Bars - Light Shaped 332 808 Bars - Cold Finished 4,282 10,475 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,209 22,871 Wire Drawn 2,257 7,044 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,877 1,845 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,777 25,272 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 31 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,598 8,005 ________________________________________________________________________________ April 2001 March 2001 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 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."