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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,020 123,371 58,258 111,877 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,205 4,387 2,763 3,917 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,788 15,216 10,938 14,791 Wire Rods 3,919 6,130 1,936 3,155 Structural Shapes Heavy 121 357 45 150 Plates Cut Lengths 2,107 3,531 2,162 3,799 Plates In Coils 2,102 3,200 1,787 2,960 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,020 1,923 1,004 1,946 Bars - Light Shaped 770 1,714 897 1,880 Bars - Cold Finished 4,212 9,756 3,914 8,735 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,876 25,114 5,766 21,201 Wire Drawn 2,470 7,224 2,299 6,637 Sheets Hot Rolled 361 712 216 333 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,982 34,882 20,895 32,324 Strip - Hot Rolled 39 71 21 44 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,050 9,154 3,617 10,005 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 85,959 136,777 84,427 134,614 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,723 2,885 3,296 3,884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 35,002 37,428 32,186 33,827 Wire Rods 4,964 7,949 7,185 11,930 Structural Shapes Heavy 192 559 159 392 Plates Cut Lengths 3,573 6,200 2,541 3,943 Plates In Coils 1,589 1,927 2,933 3,193 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,563 3,477 2,129 4,309 Bars - Light Shaped 332 808 549 1,319 Bars - Cold Finished 4,282 10,475 4,991 11,536 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,209 22,871 5,306 20,226 Wire Drawn 2,257 7,044 2,381 7,559 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,877 1,845 1,662 1,460 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,777 25,272 16,924 23,963 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 31 13 49 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,598 8,005 2,171 7,025 ______________________________________________________________ March Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 180,132 351,451 245,497 404,352 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,296 11,111 7,827 8,846 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 30,702 42,048 85,051 89,959 Wire Rods 9,493 15,062 18,204 28,886 Structural Shapes Heavy 307 860 603 1,711 Plates Cut Lengths 6,280 10,807 8,807 14,628 Plates In Coils 4,846 7,835 7,215 8,445 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,165 6,133 6,535 13,555 Bars - Light Shaped 2,607 5,670 2,220 5,258 Bars - Cold Finished 13,873 30,609 16,151 38,343 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,356 70,479 17,962 66,686 Wire Drawn 7,738 22,615 7,604 23,756 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,277 1,706 6,405 5,287 Sheets Cold Rolled 61,491 96,085 53,426 75,954 Strip - Hot Rolled 97 240 111 263 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,603 30,191 7,376 22,776 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 March 2003