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 June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,635 125,477 58,649 119,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,623 3,246 2,831 3,331 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,989 26,505 12,320 18,129 Wire Rods 2,349 3,722 2,493 4,026 Structural Shapes Heavy 148 391 220 817 Plates Cut Lengths 1,756 3,273 1,734 3,157 Plates In Coils 2,060 3,712 1,024 1,797 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,450 2,874 904 1,902 Bars - Light Shaped 755 1,690 470 1,031 Bars - Cold Finished 4,345 9,761 5,052 11,315 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,649 22,909 7,104 24,459 Wire Drawn 2,476 8,090 2,570 8,184 Sheets Hot Rolled 542 789 378 547 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,614 29,888 19,159 32,452 Strip - Hot Rolled 16 39 17 37 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,863 8,589 2,374 7,990 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,642 117,790 81,470 132,650 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,805 3,368 2,851 2,834 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,946 14,696 32,480 36,153 Wire Rods 3,235 5,350 3,201 5,002 Structural Shapes Heavy 209 550 138 535 Plates Cut Lengths 3,287 5,433 3,221 5,186 Plates In Coils 1,512 1,996 1,336 1,652 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,122 2,584 1,181 2,130 Bars - Light Shaped 648 1,334 631 1,319 Bars - Cold Finished 5,317 11,882 5,425 12,202 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,367 23,400 6,868 22,707 Wire Drawn 2,426 7,691 2,111 6,691 Sheets Hot Rolled 578 1,122 903 998 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,633 30,400 18,149 27,067 Strip - Hot Rolled 55 57 14 21 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,503 7,927 2,961 8,153 ______________________________________________________________ June Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 366,703 726,184 462,556 783,570 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16,467 21,360 15,863 17,960 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 73,875 103,544 157,953 173,147 Wire Rods 17,669 28,101 26,800 43,390 Structural Shapes Heavy 812 2,511 1,000 2,977 Plates Cut Lengths 11,853 20,929 17,574 29,112 Plates In Coils 9,220 15,787 11,692 13,667 Bars - Hot Rolled 7,101 14,127 9,429 19,656 Bars - Light Shaped 4,673 10,190 4,111 9,212 Bars - Cold Finished 28,800 64,126 30,742 71,877 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 39,514 140,576 37,759 138,856 Wire Drawn 15,956 48,465 14,026 44,533 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,937 4,453 9,230 8,388 Sheets Cold Rolled 117,893 193,648 110,515 161,944 Strip - Hot Rolled 164 393 194 361 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,770 57,972 15,669 48,490 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 June 2003