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 October 2002 October 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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: Preliminary November 2002 (CB-02-165)