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 October 2002 September 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,820 122,057 57,538 110,120 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,737 2,558 2,026 2,595 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,412 15,137 9,059 12,369 Wire Rods 3,657 6,050 3,681 5,856 Structural Shapes Heavy 239 635 520 1,140 Plates Cut Lengths 2,883 5,315 2,281 3,535 Plates In Coils 1,884 2,609 1,650 2,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,041 2,156 856 1,560 Bars - Light Shaped 1,327 2,629 1,137 2,298 Bars - Cold Finished 5,343 11,652 4,877 11,258 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,944 22,968 5,464 20,697 Wire Drawn 2,520 7,263 2,266 7,228 Sheets Hot Rolled 659 859 1,089 1,380 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,519 33,676 20,249 30,964 Strip - Hot Rolled 43 50 39 65 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,612 8,501 2,345 6,680 ______________________________________________________________ September 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,364 111,470 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,063 2,618 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,125 12,410 Wire Rods 3,681 5,856 Structural Shapes Heavy 520 1,140 Plates Cut Lengths 2,295 3,590 Plates In Coils 1,650 2,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,012 1,871 Bars - Light Shaped 1,137 2,298 Bars - Cold Finished 4,983 11,347 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,550 20,945 Wire Drawn 2,281 7,279 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,122 1,421 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,517 31,346 Strip - Hot Rolled 39 65 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,390 6,790 ______________________________________________________________ October 2001 September 2001 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 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: Preliminary October 2002 (CB-02-150)