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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,287 130,084 63,020 123,371 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,716 3,672 3,205 4,387 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,864 16,862 10,788 15,216 Wire Rods 3,334 5,291 3,919 6,130 Structural Shapes Heavy 137 443 121 357 Plates Cut Lengths 2,083 3,693 2,107 3,531 Plates In Coils 1,291 2,443 2,102 3,200 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,582 3,218 1,020 1,923 Bars - Light Shaped 841 1,800 770 1,714 Bars - Cold Finished 5,529 12,441 4,212 9,756 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,405 22,729 6,876 25,114 Wire Drawn 3,171 9,577 2,470 7,224 Sheets Hot Rolled 740 1,412 361 712 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,628 35,223 21,982 34,882 Strip - Hot Rolled 34 77 39 71 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,930 11,202 3,050 9,154 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,947 128,778 85,959 136,777 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,381 2,913 2,723 2,885 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,476 32,339 35,002 37,428 Wire Rods 2,160 4,152 4,964 7,949 Structural Shapes Heavy 50 181 192 559 Plates Cut Lengths 2,259 3,865 3,573 6,200 Plates In Coils 1,629 1,573 1,589 1,927 Bars - Hot Rolled 590 1,387 1,563 3,477 Bars - Light Shaped 613 1,302 332 808 Bars - Cold Finished 3,849 9,450 4,282 10,475 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,562 26,062 6,209 22,871 Wire Drawn 1,885 6,395 2,257 7,044 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,343 981 2,877 1,845 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,306 28,523 17,777 25,272 Strip - Hot Rolled 15 20 21 31 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,829 9,635 2,598 8,005 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 244,419 481,534 319,444 533,129 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,013 14,783 10,207 11,758 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,566 58,911 113,526 122,298 Wire Rods 12,826 20,353 20,364 33,038 Structural Shapes Heavy 444 1,303 653 1,892 Plates Cut Lengths 8,363 14,499 11,066 18,493 Plates In Coils 6,137 10,278 8,844 10,018 Bars - Hot Rolled 4,748 9,351 7,125 14,942 Bars - Light Shaped 3,448 7,470 2,833 6,559 Bars - Cold Finished 19,403 43,050 20,000 47,793 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 25,760 93,208 24,524 92,749 Wire Drawn 10,910 32,192 9,490 30,151 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,017 3,118 7,749 6,268 Sheets Cold Rolled 82,119 131,308 72,733 104,477 Strip - Hot Rolled 132 317 126 283 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,534 41,393 10,204 32,410 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 April 2003