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 December 2002 November 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,831 117,957 68,213 125,152 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,836 2,307 1,214 1,865 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,676 13,644 17,571 21,169 Wire Rods 3,463 5,444 3,811 6,103 Structural Shapes Heavy 471 1,212 154 465 Plates Cut Lengths 3,788 5,834 2,392 4,189 Plates In Coils 1,596 2,305 2,703 3,984 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,484 2,756 1,554 2,998 Bars - Light Shaped 1,246 2,631 1,745 3,397 Bars - Cold Finished 5,479 12,128 5,737 12,367 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,067 21,615 6,909 22,603 Wire Drawn 3,124 8,606 2,868 8,766 Sheets Hot Rolled 673 817 714 830 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,393 29,963 18,471 29,628 Strip - Hot Rolled 4 20 4 33 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,531 8,675 2,367 6,756 ______________________________________________________________ November 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,743 128,569 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,214 1,865 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,305 21,984 Wire Rods 3,811 6,103 Structural Shapes Heavy 182 547 Plates Cut Lengths 2,412 4,224 Plates In Coils 2,717 4,020 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,713 3,288 Bars - Light Shaped 1,766 3,453 Bars - Cold Finished 5,774 12,442 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,140 23,934 Wire Drawn 2,911 8,865 Sheets Hot Rolled 731 846 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,641 30,056 Strip - Hot Rolled 8 28 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,420 6,915 ______________________________________________________________ December 2001 November 2001 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 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 December 2002 (CB-02-165)