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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,649 119,172 64,287 130,084 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,831 3,331 2,716 3,672 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,320 18,129 11,864 16,862 Wire Rods 2,493 4,026 3,334 5,291 Structural Shapes Heavy 220 817 137 443 Plates Cut Lengths 1,734 3,157 2,083 3,693 Plates In Coils 1,024 1,797 1,291 2,443 Bars - Hot Rolled 904 1,902 1,582 3,218 Bars - Light Shaped 470 1,031 841 1,800 Bars - Cold Finished 5,052 11,315 5,529 12,441 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,104 24,459 6,405 22,729 Wire Drawn 2,570 8,184 3,171 9,577 Sheets Hot Rolled 378 547 740 1,412 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,159 32,452 20,628 35,223 Strip - Hot Rolled 17 37 34 77 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,374 7,990 3,930 11,202 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 81,470 132,650 73,947 128,778 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,851 2,834 2,381 2,913 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,480 36,153 28,476 32,339 Wire Rods 3,201 5,002 2,160 4,152 Structural Shapes Heavy 138 535 50 181 Plates Cut Lengths 3,221 5,186 2,259 3,865 Plates In Coils 1,336 1,652 1,629 1,573 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,181 2,130 590 1,387 Bars - Light Shaped 631 1,319 613 1,302 Bars - Cold Finished 5,425 12,202 3,849 9,450 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,868 22,707 6,562 26,062 Wire Drawn 2,111 6,691 1,885 6,395 Sheets Hot Rolled 903 998 1,343 981 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,149 27,067 19,306 28,523 Strip - Hot Rolled 14 21 15 20 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,961 8,153 2,829 9,635 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 303,068 600,706 400,914 665,779 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,844 18,114 13,058 14,592 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,886 77,039 146,007 158,451 Wire Rods 15,319 24,379 23,565 38,039 Structural Shapes Heavy 664 2,120 791 2,427 Plates Cut Lengths 10,097 17,656 14,286 23,679 Plates In Coils 7,160 12,075 10,180 11,671 Bars - Hot Rolled 5,651 11,253 8,307 17,072 Bars - Light Shaped 3,918 8,501 3,464 7,878 Bars - Cold Finished 24,455 54,365 25,425 59,995 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 32,865 117,667 31,392 115,456 Wire Drawn 13,480 40,375 11,600 36,842 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,395 3,664 8,652 7,266 Sheets Cold Rolled 101,279 163,759 90,882 131,544 Strip - Hot Rolled 149 355 140 304 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,908 49,383 13,166 40,563 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 May 2003