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