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. July 2002 June 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 60,521 116,605 60,554 115,542 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,782 2,130 2,805 3,368 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,471 15,056 11,851 14,529 Wire Rods 3,043 4,634 3,235 5,350 Structural Shapes Heavy 49 158 209 533 Plates Cut Lengths 2,602 4,586 3,193 5,279 Plates In Coils 1,177 1,755 1,454 1,887 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,297 2,873 1,066 2,424 Bars - Light Shaped 1,205 2,443 648 1,330 Bars - Cold Finished 5,230 11,569 5,314 11,850 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,755 23,712 6,274 23,142 Wire Drawn 2,674 8,131 2,400 7,596 Sheets Hot Rolled 406 518 529 893 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,993 31,064 19,313 29,893 Strip - Hot Rolled 5 44 55 57 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,832 7,932 2,210 7,411 ________________________________________________________________________________ June 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,642 117,790 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,805 3,368 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,946 14,696 Wire Rods 3,235 5,350 Structural Shapes Heavy 209 550 Plates Cut Lengths 3,287 5,433 Plates In Coils 1,512 1,996 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,122 2,584 Bars - Light Shaped 648 1,334 Bars - Cold Finished 5,317 11,882 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,367 23,400 Wire Drawn 2,426 7,691 Sheets Hot Rolled 578 1,122 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,633 30,400 Strip - Hot Rolled 55 57 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,503 7,927 ______________________________________________________________________________ July 2001 June 2001 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 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."