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. September 2002 August 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 57,538 110,120 71,156 125,653 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,026 2,595 2,062 2,470 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,059 12,369 18,018 21,205 Wire Rods 3,681 5,856 4,051 6,282 Structural Shapes Heavy 520 1,140 208 407 Plates Cut Lengths 2,281 3,535 4,528 7,454 Plates In Coils 1,650 2,495 1,610 2,362 Bars - Hot Rolled 856 1,560 959 2,318 Bars - Light Shaped 1,137 2,298 1,471 2,916 Bars - Cold Finished 4,877 11,258 6,026 12,720 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,464 20,697 6,168 21,185 Wire Drawn 2,266 7,228 2,406 7,101 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,089 1,380 884 1,228 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,249 30,964 20,312 30,984 Strip - Hot Rolled 39 65 45 79 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,345 6,680 2,409 6,940 __________________________________________________________________________________ August 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,214 130,386 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,062 2,470 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,147 21,359 Wire Rods 4,165 6,615 Structural Shapes Heavy 249 497 Plates Cut Lengths 4,583 7,525 Plates In Coils 2,619 3,141 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,129 2,661 Bars - Light Shaped 1,526 3,045 Bars - Cold Finished 6,230 13,101 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,278 21,634 Wire Drawn 2,459 7,440 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,421 1,844 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,664 31,526 Strip - Hot Rolled 46 96 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,637 7,432 _________________________________________________________________________________ September 2001 August 2001 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 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."