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. June 2002 May 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 60,554 115,542 80,469 131,964 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,805 3,368 2,774 2,787 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,851 14,529 32,415 36,037 Wire Rods 3,235 5,350 3,150 4,945 Structural Shapes Heavy 209 533 138 535 Plates Cut Lengths 3,193 5,279 3,203 5,143 Plates In Coils 1,454 1,887 1,158 1,485 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,066 2,424 1,181 2,130 Bars - Light Shaped 648 1,330 628 1,316 Bars - Cold Finished 5,314 11,850 5,381 11,880 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,274 23,142 6,762 23,476 Wire Drawn 2,400 7,596 2,032 6,527 Sheets Hot Rolled 529 893 797 845 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,313 29,893 17,919 26,757 Strip - Hot Rolled 55 57 8 21 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,210 7,411 2,923 8,080 _______________________________________________________________________________ May 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 81,470 132,650 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,851 2,834 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,480 36,153 Wire Rods 3,201 5,002 Structural Shapes Heavy 138 535 Plates Cut Lengths 3,221 5,186 Plates In Coils 1,336 1,652 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,181 2,130 Bars - Light Shaped 631 1,319 Bars - Cold Finished 5,425 12,202 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,868 22,707 Wire Drawn 2,111 6,691 Sheets Hot Rolled 903 998 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,149 27,067 Strip - Hot Rolled 14 21 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,961 8,153 _______________________________________________________________________________ June 2001 May 2001 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,061 123,317 75,991 143,124 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,750 3,288 2,314 3,009 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,313 22,465 22,051 23,935 Wire Rods 4,393 8,033 3,854 7,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 247 694 289 831 Plates Cut Lengths 1,179 2,242 5,279 7,931 Plates In Coils 458 760 1,166 2,060 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,840 3,609 2,965 6,225 Bars - Light Shaped 895 2,080 609 1,447 Bars - Cold Finished 5,307 14,260 8,527 21,069 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,487 24,879 6,335 25,600 Wire Drawn 2,336 8,348 2,739 9,328 Sheets Hot Rolled 276 408 1,338 1,880 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,352 24,117 16,373 25,403 Strip - Hot Rolled 20 59 37 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,208 8,076 2,116 7,217 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."