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 April 2003 March 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,389 128,864 62,548 122,760 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,697 3,661 2,930 4,014 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 2,023 3,634 2,107 3,531 Plates In Coils 1,291 2,443 2,082 3,184 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,580 3,214 1,020 1,923 Bars - Light Shaped 841 1,800 770 1,714 Bars - Cold Finished 5,199 11,746 4,187 9,670 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,349 22,549 6,860 25,062 Wire Drawn 3,166 9,541 2,445 7,140 Sheets Hot Rolled 397 1,360 339 986 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,598 35,086 21,935 34,698 Strip - Hot Rolled 32 77 39 71 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,881 11,157 3,007 9,063 ______________________________________________________________ March 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,020 123,371 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,205 4,387 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,788 15,216 Wire Rods 3,919 6,130 Structural Shapes Heavy 121 357 Plates Cut Lengths 2,107 3,531 Plates In Coils 2,102 3,200 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,020 1,923 Bars - Light Shaped 770 1,714 Bars - Cold Finished 4,212 9,756 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,876 25,114 Wire Drawn 2,470 7,224 Sheets Hot Rolled 361 712 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,982 34,882 Strip - Hot Rolled 39 71 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,050 9,154 ______________________________________________________________ April 2002 March 2002 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 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. 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 April 2003 (CB-03-82)