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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,060 118,397 61,642 117,790 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,782 2,130 2,805 3,368 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,601 15,182 11,946 14,696 Wire Rods 3,079 4,679 3,235 5,350 Structural Shapes Heavy 70 252 209 550 Plates Cut Lengths 2,644 4,683 3,287 5,433 Plates In Coils 1,218 1,828 1,512 1,996 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,328 3,095 1,122 2,584 Bars - Light Shaped 1,221 2,472 648 1,334 Bars - Cold Finished 5,256 11,684 5,317 11,882 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,792 23,864 6,367 23,400 Wire Drawn 2,699 8,076 2,426 7,691 Sheets Hot Rolled 451 547 578 1,122 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,046 31,798 19,633 30,400 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 44 55 57 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,858 8,064 2,503 7,927 __________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 82,537 160,481 65,061 123,317 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,210 3,696 2,750 3,288 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,692 31,601 21,313 22,465 Wire Rods 4,522 7,851 4,393 8,033 Structural Shapes Heavy 79 190 247 694 Plates Cut Lengths 1,788 3,372 1,179 2,242 Plates In Coils 1,555 1,923 458 760 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,274 4,867 1,840 3,609 Bars - Light Shaped 622 1,490 895 2,080 Bars - Cold Finished 7,230 18,944 5,307 14,260 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,662 40,555 6,487 24,879 Wire Drawn 2,585 8,512 2,336 8,348 Sheets Hot Rolled 895 1,798 276 408 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,420 27,561 15,352 24,117 Strip - Hot Rolled 51 110 20 59 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,953 8,009 2,208 8,076 __________________________________________________________________________________ July Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 523,616 901,966 509,098 996,047 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,645 20,090 14,773 18,450 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 169,555 188,329 154,408 171,081 Wire Rods 29,879 48,068 32,289 59,559 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,070 3,228 1,386 4,060 Plates Cut Lengths 20,218 33,795 17,836 33,113 Plates In Coils 12,910 15,494 7,784 11,698 Bars - Hot Rolled 10,757 22,751 16,233 35,609 Bars - Light Shaped 5,332 11,684 5,054 11,506 Bars - Cold Finished 35,998 83,561 50,070 129,093 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 44,551 162,720 48,253 193,936 Wire Drawn 16,725 52,609 17,541 62,552 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,682 8,936 7,106 10,342 Sheets Cold Rolled 130,561 193,742 120,613 198,919 Strip - Hot Rolled 207 405 489 943 Strip - Cold Rolled 18,527 56,554 15,261 55,186 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), 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."