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. May 2002 April 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 80,469 131,964 56,398 109,978 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,774 2,787 2,381 2,913 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,415 36,037 12,987 15,221 Wire Rods 3,150 4,945 2,140 4,126 Structural Shapes Heavy 138 535 49 174 Plates Cut Lengths 3,203 5,143 2,234 3,823 Plates In Coils 1,158 1,485 759 1,163 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,181 2,130 590 1,384 Bars - Light Shaped 628 1,316 613 1,302 Bars - Cold Finished 5,381 11,880 3,763 9,253 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,762 23,476 6,536 25,976 Wire Drawn 2,032 6,527 1,866 6,330 Sheets Hot Rolled 797 845 441 557 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,919 26,757 19,222 28,160 Strip - Hot Rolled 8 21 15 20 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,923 8,080 2,801 9,578 ________________________________________________________________________________ April 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,947 128,778 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,381 2,913 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,476 32,339 Wire Rods 2,160 4,152 Structural Shapes Heavy 50 181 Plates Cut Lengths 2,259 3,865 Plates In Coils 1,629 1,573 Bars - Hot Rolled 590 1,387 Bars - Light Shaped 613 1,302 Bars - Cold Finished 3,849 9,450 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,562 26,062 Wire Drawn 1,885 6,395 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,343 981 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,306 28,523 Strip - Hot Rolled 15 20 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,829 9,635 ________________________________________________________________________________ May 2001 April 2001 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 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."