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 December 2002 December 2001 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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: Preliminary January 2003 (CB-03-39)