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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,364 111,470 74,214 130,386 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,063 2,618 2,062 2,470 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,125 12,410 18,147 21,359 Wire Rods 3,681 5,856 4,165 6,615 Structural Shapes Heavy 520 1,140 249 497 Plates Cut Lengths 2,295 3,590 4,583 7,525 Plates In Coils 1,650 2,495 2,619 3,141 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,012 1,871 1,129 2,661 Bars - Light Shaped 1,137 2,298 1,526 3,045 Bars - Cold Finished 4,983 11,347 6,230 13,101 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,550 20,945 6,278 21,634 Wire Drawn 2,281 7,279 2,459 7,440 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,122 1,421 1,421 1,844 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,517 31,346 20,664 31,526 Strip - Hot Rolled 39 65 46 96 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,390 6,790 2,637 7,432 __________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 47,759 101,624 68,923 132,326 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,476 1,528 2,082 2,312 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,567 8,086 22,294 24,641 Wire Rods 3,745 6,371 4,405 7,807 Structural Shapes Heavy 90 345 110 312 Plates Cut Lengths 1,673 2,822 2,111 3,759 Plates In Coils 1,280 1,640 1,011 1,407 Bars - Hot Rolled 823 2,095 1,695 3,590 Bars - Light Shaped 276 690 831 1,697 Bars - Cold Finished 3,500 9,457 4,002 10,952 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,910 29,355 8,244 35,498 Wire Drawn 2,061 6,975 2,030 7,158 Sheets Hot Rolled 808 964 1,808 1,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,837 23,362 16,217 24,556 Strip - Hot Rolled 121 233 28 76 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,592 7,699 2,057 6,664 __________________________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 656,195 1,143,822 625,780 1,229,997 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,770 25,178 18,330 22,291 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 196,826 222,097 183,269 203,807 Wire Rods 37,725 60,540 40,439 73,737 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,838 4,865 1,585 4,718 Plates Cut Lengths 27,095 44,910 21,620 39,694 Plates In Coils 17,179 21,130 10,076 14,746 Bars - Hot Rolled 12,898 27,282 18,751 41,294 Bars - Light Shaped 7,994 17,027 6,161 13,893 Bars - Cold Finished 47,211 108,008 57,572 149,501 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 56,379 205,299 63,406 258,789 Wire Drawn 21,465 67,328 21,632 76,685 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,225 12,201 9,722 13,204 Sheets Cold Rolled 171,743 256,614 152,667 246,837 Strip - Hot Rolled 292 567 639 1,252 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,554 70,776 19,910 69,548 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."