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 January 2003 December 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,093 114,950 61,831 117,957 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,315 2,782 1,836 2,307 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,915 11,960 10,676 13,644 Wire Rods 3,511 5,598 3,463 5,444 Structural Shapes Heavy 141 352 471 1,212 Plates Cut Lengths 2,010 3,474 3,788 5,834 Plates In Coils 957 1,676 1,596 2,305 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,000 2,062 1,484 2,756 Bars - Light Shaped 940 2,077 1,246 2,631 Bars - Cold Finished 5,694 12,002 5,479 12,128 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,583 23,848 6,067 21,615 Wire Drawn 2,969 8,746 3,124 8,606 Sheets Hot Rolled 700 660 673 817 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,445 28,650 19,393 29,963 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 125 4 20 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,875 10,939 2,531 8,675 ______________________________________________________________ December 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,403 119,140 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,836 2,307 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,676 13,644 Wire Rods 3,580 5,570 Structural Shapes Heavy 479 1,230 Plates Cut Lengths 3,872 5,915 Plates In Coils 1,596 2,305 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,488 2,761 Bars - Light Shaped 1,257 2,656 Bars - Cold Finished 5,653 12,469 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,121 21,880 Wire Drawn 3,132 8,645 Sheets Hot Rolled 748 891 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,393 29,963 Strip - Hot Rolled 4 14 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,570 8,890 ______________________________________________________________ January 2002 December 2001 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 75,111 132,961 65,602 116,727 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,808 2,077 2,098 2,098 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,862 18,705 16,564 14,992 Wire Rods 6,055 9,007 5,048 7,889 Structural Shapes Heavy 251 761 198 592 Plates Cut Lengths 2,692 4,484 2,160 3,664 Plates In Coils 2,692 3,325 1,469 1,555 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,843 5,769 1,204 3,023 Bars - Light Shaped 1,338 3,131 2,052 4,579 Bars - Cold Finished 6,879 16,332 4,478 10,938 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,447 23,590 7,389 27,794 Wire Drawn 2,966 9,153 2,361 7,431 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,866 1,981 927 974 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,726 26,719 17,359 24,118 Strip - Hot Rolled 77 183 1 6 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,607 7,745 2,293 7,073 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 January 2003 (CB-03-39)