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 April 2003 April 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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 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)