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 November 2002 October 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 68,213 125,152 62,820 122,057 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,214 1,865 1,737 2,558 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,571 21,169 11,412 15,137 Wire Rods 3,811 6,103 3,657 6,050 Structural Shapes Heavy 154 465 239 635 Plates Cut Lengths 2,392 4,189 2,883 5,315 Plates In Coils 2,703 3,984 1,884 2,609 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,554 2,998 1,041 2,156 Bars - Light Shaped 1,745 3,397 1,327 2,629 Bars - Cold Finished 5,737 12,367 5,343 11,652 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,909 22,603 5,944 22,968 Wire Drawn 2,868 8,766 2,520 7,263 Sheets Hot Rolled 714 830 659 859 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,471 29,628 21,519 33,676 Strip - Hot Rolled 4 33 43 50 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,367 6,756 2,612 8,501 ______________________________________________________________ October 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,945 125,204 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,812 2,635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,272 16,137 Wire Rods 3,673 6,070 Structural Shapes Heavy 239 635 Plates Cut Lengths 3,190 5,804 Plates In Coils 2,122 2,922 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,055 2,184 Bars - Light Shaped 1,327 2,629 Bars - Cold Finished 5,475 11,906 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,950 23,309 Wire Drawn 2,523 7,277 Sheets Hot Rolled 939 1,074 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,689 33,933 Strip - Hot Rolled 43 50 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,637 8,639 ______________________________________________________________ November 2001 October 2001 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 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 November 2002 (CB-02-165)