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 February 2003 February 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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: Preliminary March 2003 (CB-03-72)