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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,403 119,140 69,743 128,569 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,836 2,307 1,214 1,865 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,676 13,644 18,305 21,984 Wire Rods 3,580 5,570 3,811 6,103 Structural Shapes Heavy 479 1,230 182 547 Plates Cut Lengths 3,872 5,915 2,412 4,224 Plates In Coils 1,596 2,305 2,717 4,020 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,488 2,761 1,713 3,288 Bars - Light Shaped 1,257 2,656 1,766 3,453 Bars - Cold Finished 5,653 12,469 5,774 12,442 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,121 21,880 7,140 23,934 Wire Drawn 3,132 8,645 2,911 8,865 Sheets Hot Rolled 748 891 731 846 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,393 29,963 18,641 30,056 Strip - Hot Rolled 4 14 8 28 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,570 8,890 2,420 6,915 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,602 116,727 70,511 119,137 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,098 2,098 2,647 2,777 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,564 14,992 18,932 18,174 Wire Rods 5,048 7,889 4,562 7,507 Structural Shapes Heavy 198 592 85 191 Plates Cut Lengths 2,160 3,664 3,599 5,773 Plates In Coils 1,469 1,555 2,938 3,334 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,204 3,023 942 2,130 Bars - Light Shaped 2,052 4,579 162 382 Bars - Cold Finished 4,478 10,938 4,518 11,744 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,389 27,794 6,944 25,942 Wire Drawn 2,361 7,431 2,000 6,558 Sheets Hot Rolled 927 974 2,619 2,469 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,359 24,118 18,113 24,748 Strip - Hot Rolled 1 6 25 49 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,293 7,073 2,425 7,361 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 853,286 1,516,734 847,387 1,604,003 Ingots And Steel For Castings 26,632 31,985 25,769 29,947 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 238,080 273,862 253,225 269,291 Wire Rods 48,789 78,282 54,755 97,100 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,739 7,277 2,068 6,075 Plates Cut Lengths 36,568 60,854 29,612 53,354 Plates In Coils 23,614 30,377 17,405 23,115 Bars - Hot Rolled 17,154 35,515 21,973 49,149 Bars - Light Shaped 12,343 25,765 8,687 19,654 Bars - Cold Finished 64,113 144,825 71,789 185,157 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 75,589 274,422 84,236 338,049 Wire Drawn 30,031 92,116 28,215 98,042 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,642 15,012 15,462 18,953 Sheets Cold Rolled 231,466 350,566 205,723 321,609 Strip - Hot Rolled 346 659 695 1,355 Strip - Cold Rolled 31,180 95,219 27,771 93,154 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 December 2002