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 February 2003 January 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 57,318 109,906 58,093 114,950 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,467 3,480 2,315 2,782 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,932 14,757 8,915 11,960 Wire Rods 1,799 2,978 3,511 5,598 Structural Shapes Heavy 45 150 141 352 Plates Cut Lengths 2,051 3,691 2,010 3,474 Plates In Coils 1,743 2,854 957 1,676 Bars - Hot Rolled 988 1,906 1,000 2,062 Bars - Light Shaped 891 1,867 940 2,077 Bars - Cold Finished 3,733 8,400 5,694 12,002 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,688 20,676 6,583 23,848 Wire Drawn 2,275 6,517 2,969 8,746 Sheets Hot Rolled 181 299 700 660 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,895 32,324 18,445 28,650 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 44 37 125 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,608 9,963 3,875 10,939 ______________________________________________________________ January 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,853 116,202 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,328 2,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,976 12,041 Wire Rods 3,638 5,777 Structural Shapes Heavy 141 352 Plates Cut Lengths 2,012 3,477 Plates In Coils 957 1,676 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,142 2,265 Bars - Light Shaped 940 2,077 Bars - Cold Finished 5,748 12,118 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,713 24,164 Wire Drawn 2,970 8,754 Sheets Hot Rolled 700 660 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,614 28,879 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 125 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,937 11,031 ______________________________________________________________ February 2002 January 2002 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 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 February 2003 (CB-03-52)