Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2B: 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 September 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary October 2002 (CB-02-150)