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 May 2003 April 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,037 117,783 63,389 128,864 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,813 3,307 2,697 3,661 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,320 18,129 11,864 16,862 Wire Rods 2,428 3,959 3,334 5,291 Structural Shapes Heavy 197 761 137 443 Plates Cut Lengths 1,731 3,147 2,023 3,634 Plates In Coils 1,024 1,797 1,291 2,443 Bars - Hot Rolled 882 1,865 1,580 3,214 Bars - Light Shaped 465 1,021 841 1,800 Bars - Cold Finished 4,949 11,169 5,199 11,746 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,049 24,319 6,349 22,549 Wire Drawn 2,523 7,989 3,166 9,541 Sheets Hot Rolled 369 537 397 1,360 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,988 32,138 20,598 35,086 Strip - Hot Rolled 17 37 32 77 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,281 7,608 3,881 11,157 ______________________________________________________________ April 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,287 130,084 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,716 3,672 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,864 16,862 Wire Rods 3,334 5,291 Structural Shapes Heavy 137 443 Plates Cut Lengths 2,083 3,693 Plates In Coils 1,291 2,443 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,582 3,218 Bars - Light Shaped 841 1,800 Bars - Cold Finished 5,529 12,441 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,405 22,729 Wire Drawn 3,171 9,577 Sheets Hot Rolled 740 1,412 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,628 35,223 Strip - Hot Rolled 34 77 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,930 11,202 ______________________________________________________________ May 2002 April 2002 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 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 May 2003 (CB-03-101)