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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,945 125,204 58,364 111,470 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,812 2,635 2,063 2,618 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,272 16,137 9,125 12,410 Wire Rods 3,673 6,070 3,681 5,856 Structural Shapes Heavy 239 635 520 1,140 Plates Cut Lengths 3,190 5,804 2,295 3,590 Plates In Coils 2,122 2,922 1,650 2,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,055 2,184 1,012 1,871 Bars - Light Shaped 1,327 2,629 1,137 2,298 Bars - Cold Finished 5,475 11,906 4,983 11,347 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,950 23,309 5,550 20,945 Wire Drawn 2,523 7,277 2,281 7,279 Sheets Hot Rolled 939 1,074 1,122 1,421 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,689 33,933 20,517 31,346 Strip - Hot Rolled 43 50 39 65 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,637 8,639 2,390 6,790 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 85,494 138,143 47,759 101,624 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,693 2,781 1,476 1,528 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,460 32,318 6,567 8,086 Wire Rods 4,706 7,967 3,745 6,371 Structural Shapes Heavy 200 573 90 345 Plates Cut Lengths 2,234 4,223 1,673 2,822 Plates In Coils 2,922 3,480 1,280 1,640 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,075 2,702 823 2,095 Bars - Light Shaped 313 800 276 690 Bars - Cold Finished 5,220 12,973 3,500 9,457 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,496 25,525 6,910 29,355 Wire Drawn 2,222 7,369 2,061 6,975 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,194 2,306 808 964 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,584 25,906 15,837 23,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 30 48 121 233 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,143 9,171 2,592 7,699 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 721,140 1,269,025 711,274 1,368,140 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,583 27,813 21,024 25,072 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 209,098 238,234 217,729 236,125 Wire Rods 41,398 66,609 45,145 81,705 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,078 5,500 1,785 5,291 Plates Cut Lengths 30,285 50,715 23,854 43,917 Plates In Coils 19,301 24,052 12,998 18,226 Bars - Hot Rolled 13,953 29,466 19,827 43,996 Bars - Light Shaped 9,321 19,656 6,474 14,693 Bars - Cold Finished 52,686 119,914 62,793 162,474 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 62,329 228,608 69,903 284,314 Wire Drawn 23,988 74,605 23,853 84,054 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,164 13,274 11,917 15,510 Sheets Cold Rolled 193,432 290,547 170,251 272,743 Strip - Hot Rolled 334 617 669 1,300 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,190 79,415 23,053 78,719 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2002