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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,214 130,386 61,060 118,397 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,062 2,470 1,782 2,130 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,147 21,359 11,601 15,182 Wire Rods 4,165 6,615 3,079 4,679 Structural Shapes Heavy 249 497 70 252 Plates Cut Lengths 4,583 7,525 2,644 4,683 Plates In Coils 2,619 3,141 1,218 1,828 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,129 2,661 1,328 3,095 Bars - Light Shaped 1,526 3,045 1,221 2,472 Bars - Cold Finished 6,230 13,101 5,256 11,684 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,278 21,634 6,792 23,864 Wire Drawn 2,459 7,440 2,699 8,076 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,421 1,844 451 547 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,664 31,526 20,046 31,798 Strip - Hot Rolled 46 96 13 44 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,637 7,432 2,858 8,064 __________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 68,923 132,326 82,537 160,481 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,082 2,312 3,210 3,696 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,294 24,641 28,692 31,601 Wire Rods 4,405 7,807 4,522 7,851 Structural Shapes Heavy 110 312 79 190 Plates Cut Lengths 2,111 3,759 1,788 3,372 Plates In Coils 1,011 1,407 1,555 1,923 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,695 3,590 2,274 4,867 Bars - Light Shaped 831 1,697 622 1,490 Bars - Cold Finished 4,002 10,952 7,230 18,944 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,244 35,498 9,662 40,555 Wire Drawn 2,030 7,158 2,585 8,512 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,808 1,898 895 1,798 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,217 24,556 17,420 27,561 Strip - Hot Rolled 28 76 51 110 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,057 6,664 1,953 8,009 __________________________________________________________________________________ August Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 597,830 1,032,352 578,021 1,128,373 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,707 22,560 16,855 20,763 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 187,701 209,688 176,702 195,721 Wire Rods 34,044 54,684 36,694 67,366 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,319 3,725 1,495 4,372 Plates Cut Lengths 24,800 41,320 19,947 36,872 Plates In Coils 15,529 18,635 8,795 13,106 Bars - Hot Rolled 11,886 25,411 17,928 39,199 Bars - Light Shaped 6,858 14,729 5,885 13,202 Bars - Cold Finished 42,228 96,661 54,072 140,045 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 50,829 184,354 56,496 229,434 Wire Drawn 19,184 60,049 19,570 69,710 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,103 10,780 8,914 12,240 Sheets Cold Rolled 151,225 225,268 136,831 223,475 Strip - Hot Rolled 253 502 518 1,019 Strip - Cold Rolled 21,164 63,986 17,318 61,849 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."