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. August 2002 July 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,156 125,653 60,521 116,605 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,062 2,470 1,782 2,130 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,018 21,205 11,471 15,056 Wire Rods 4,051 6,282 3,043 4,634 Structural Shapes Heavy 208 407 49 158 Plates Cut Lengths 4,528 7,454 2,602 4,586 Plates In Coils 1,610 2,362 1,177 1,755 Bars - Hot Rolled 959 2,318 1,297 2,873 Bars - Light Shaped 1,471 2,916 1,205 2,443 Bars - Cold Finished 6,026 12,720 5,230 11,569 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,168 21,185 6,755 23,712 Wire Drawn 2,406 7,101 2,674 8,131 Sheets Hot Rolled 884 1,228 406 518 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,312 30,984 19,993 31,064 Strip - Hot Rolled 45 79 5 44 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,409 6,940 2,832 7,932 _________________________________________________________________________________ July 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,060 118,397 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,782 2,130 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,601 15,182 Wire Rods 3,079 4,679 Structural Shapes Heavy 70 252 Plates Cut Lengths 2,644 4,683 Plates In Coils 1,218 1,828 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,328 3,095 Bars - Light Shaped 1,221 2,472 Bars - Cold Finished 5,256 11,684 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,792 23,864 Wire Drawn 2,699 8,076 Sheets Hot Rolled 451 547 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,046 31,798 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 44 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,858 8,064 ________________________________________________________________________________ August 2001 July 2001 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 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."