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 2003 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,258 111,877 58,853 116,202 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,763 3,917 2,328 2,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,938 14,791 8,976 12,041 Wire Rods 1,936 3,155 3,638 5,777 Structural Shapes Heavy 45 150 141 352 Plates Cut Lengths 2,162 3,799 2,012 3,477 Plates In Coils 1,787 2,960 957 1,676 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,004 1,946 1,142 2,265 Bars - Light Shaped 897 1,880 940 2,077 Bars - Cold Finished 3,914 8,735 5,748 12,118 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,766 21,201 6,713 24,164 Wire Drawn 2,299 6,637 2,970 8,754 Sheets Hot Rolled 216 333 700 660 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,895 32,324 18,614 28,879 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 44 37 125 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,617 10,005 3,937 11,031 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 84,427 134,614 75,111 132,961 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,296 3,884 1,808 2,077 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,186 33,827 17,862 18,705 Wire Rods 7,185 11,930 6,055 9,007 Structural Shapes Heavy 159 392 251 761 Plates Cut Lengths 2,541 3,943 2,692 4,484 Plates In Coils 2,933 3,193 2,692 3,325 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,129 4,309 2,843 5,769 Bars - Light Shaped 549 1,319 1,338 3,131 Bars - Cold Finished 4,991 11,536 6,879 16,332 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,306 20,226 6,447 23,590 Wire Drawn 2,381 7,559 2,966 9,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,662 1,460 1,866 1,981 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,924 23,963 18,726 26,719 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 49 77 183 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,171 7,025 2,607 7,745 ______________________________________________________________ February Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 117,111 228,079 159,537 267,575 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,091 6,724 5,104 5,961 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,914 26,832 50,048 52,531 Wire Rods 5,574 8,933 13,241 20,937 Structural Shapes Heavy 186 502 411 1,152 Plates Cut Lengths 4,173 7,276 5,233 8,428 Plates In Coils 2,744 4,635 5,625 6,517 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,145 4,210 4,972 10,078 Bars - Light Shaped 1,837 3,956 1,888 4,450 Bars - Cold Finished 9,662 20,853 11,870 27,868 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,479 45,365 11,753 43,815 Wire Drawn 5,269 15,391 5,348 16,712 Sheets Hot Rolled 916 993 3,528 3,442 Sheets Cold Rolled 39,509 61,202 35,650 50,682 Strip - Hot Rolled 58 169 89 232 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,554 21,037 4,778 14,771 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 February 2003