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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 81,470 132,650 73,947 128,778 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,851 2,834 2,381 2,913 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,480 36,153 28,476 32,339 Wire Rods 3,201 5,002 2,160 4,152 Structural Shapes Heavy 138 535 50 181 Plates Cut Lengths 3,221 5,186 2,259 3,865 Plates In Coils 1,336 1,652 1,629 1,573 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,181 2,130 590 1,387 Bars - Light Shaped 631 1,319 613 1,302 Bars - Cold Finished 5,425 12,202 3,849 9,450 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,868 22,707 6,562 26,062 Wire Drawn 2,111 6,691 1,885 6,395 Sheets Hot Rolled 903 998 1,343 981 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,149 27,067 19,306 28,523 Strip - Hot Rolled 14 21 15 20 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,961 8,153 2,829 9,635 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 75,991 143,124 72,292 140,440 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,314 3,009 2,120 2,521 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,051 23,935 20,609 23,097 Wire Rods 3,854 7,122 4,348 7,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 289 831 184 558 Plates Cut Lengths 5,279 7,931 2,960 5,112 Plates In Coils 1,166 2,060 1,403 1,974 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,965 6,225 3,028 6,948 Bars - Light Shaped 609 1,447 563 1,385 Bars - Cold Finished 8,527 21,069 8,115 20,721 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,335 25,600 6,637 25,617 Wire Drawn 2,739 9,328 2,453 8,989 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,338 1,880 1,379 1,777 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,373 25,403 16,403 26,388 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 66 107 167 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,116 7,217 1,984 7,361 ____________________________________________________________________________________ May Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 400,914 665,779 361,500 712,249 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,058 14,592 8,813 11,466 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 146,007 158,451 104,403 117,015 Wire Rods 23,565 38,039 23,375 43,675 Structural Shapes Heavy 791 2,427 1,060 3,177 Plates Cut Lengths 14,286 23,679 14,869 27,499 Plates In Coils 10,180 11,671 5,772 9,015 Bars - Hot Rolled 8,307 17,072 12,119 27,132 Bars - Light Shaped 3,464 7,878 3,537 7,936 Bars - Cold Finished 25,425 59,995 37,533 95,889 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 31,392 115,456 32,104 128,502 Wire Drawn 11,600 36,842 12,620 45,692 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,652 7,266 5,935 8,136 Sheets Cold Rolled 90,882 131,544 87,841 147,240 Strip - Hot Rolled 140 304 418 773 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,166 40,563 11,100 39,101 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."