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 March 2003 February 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,548 122,760 57,318 109,906 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,930 4,014 2,467 3,480 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,788 15,216 10,932 14,757 Wire Rods 3,919 6,130 1,799 2,978 Structural Shapes Heavy 121 357 45 150 Plates Cut Lengths 2,107 3,531 2,051 3,691 Plates In Coils 2,082 3,184 1,743 2,854 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,020 1,923 988 1,906 Bars - Light Shaped 770 1,714 891 1,867 Bars - Cold Finished 4,187 9,670 3,733 8,400 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,860 25,062 5,688 20,676 Wire Drawn 2,445 7,140 2,275 6,517 Sheets Hot Rolled 339 986 181 299 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,935 34,698 20,895 32,324 Strip - Hot Rolled 39 71 21 44 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,007 9,063 3,608 9,963 ______________________________________________________________ February 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,258 111,877 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,763 3,917 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,938 14,791 Wire Rods 1,936 3,155 Structural Shapes Heavy 45 150 Plates Cut Lengths 2,162 3,799 Plates In Coils 1,787 2,960 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,004 1,946 Bars - Light Shaped 897 1,880 Bars - Cold Finished 3,914 8,735 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,766 21,201 Wire Drawn 2,299 6,637 Sheets Hot Rolled 216 333 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,895 32,324 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 44 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,617 10,005 ______________________________________________________________ March 2002 February 2002 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 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 March 2003 (CB-03-72)