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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,743 128,569 64,945 125,204 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,214 1,865 1,812 2,635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,305 21,984 12,272 16,137 Wire Rods 3,811 6,103 3,673 6,070 Structural Shapes Heavy 182 547 239 635 Plates Cut Lengths 2,412 4,224 3,190 5,804 Plates In Coils 2,717 4,020 2,122 2,922 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,713 3,288 1,055 2,184 Bars - Light Shaped 1,766 3,453 1,327 2,629 Bars - Cold Finished 5,774 12,442 5,475 11,906 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,140 23,934 5,950 23,309 Wire Drawn 2,911 8,865 2,523 7,277 Sheets Hot Rolled 731 846 939 1,074 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,641 30,056 21,689 33,933 Strip - Hot Rolled 8 28 43 50 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,420 6,915 2,637 8,639 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 70,511 119,137 85,494 138,143 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,647 2,777 2,693 2,781 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,932 18,174 34,460 32,318 Wire Rods 4,562 7,507 4,706 7,967 Structural Shapes Heavy 85 191 200 573 Plates Cut Lengths 3,599 5,773 2,234 4,223 Plates In Coils 2,938 3,334 2,922 3,480 Bars - Hot Rolled 942 2,130 1,075 2,702 Bars - Light Shaped 162 382 313 800 Bars - Cold Finished 4,518 11,744 5,220 12,973 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,944 25,942 6,496 25,525 Wire Drawn 2,000 6,558 2,222 7,369 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,619 2,469 2,194 2,306 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,113 24,748 17,584 25,906 Strip - Hot Rolled 25 49 30 48 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,425 7,361 3,143 9,171 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 790,883 1,397,594 781,785 1,487,277 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24,796 29,678 23,671 27,849 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 227,404 260,218 236,661 254,299 Wire Rods 45,209 72,712 49,707 89,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,259 6,047 1,870 5,482 Plates Cut Lengths 32,696 54,939 27,452 49,690 Plates In Coils 22,017 28,072 15,936 21,560 Bars - Hot Rolled 15,666 32,754 20,769 46,126 Bars - Light Shaped 11,087 23,109 6,636 15,075 Bars - Cold Finished 58,460 132,356 67,311 174,219 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 69,469 252,542 76,847 310,255 Wire Drawn 26,899 83,471 25,853 90,612 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,895 14,120 14,535 17,979 Sheets Cold Rolled 212,072 320,603 188,364 297,491 Strip - Hot Rolled 342 645 693 1,349 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,610 86,330 25,479 86,081 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 November 2002