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 June 2003 May 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,408 124,688 58,037 117,783 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,623 3,246 2,813 3,307 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,980 26,493 12,320 18,129 Wire Rods 2,349 3,722 2,428 3,959 Structural Shapes Heavy 148 391 197 761 Plates Cut Lengths 1,739 3,233 1,731 3,147 Plates In Coils 2,060 3,712 1,024 1,797 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,432 2,844 882 1,865 Bars - Light Shaped 738 1,646 465 1,021 Bars - Cold Finished 4,279 9,617 4,949 11,169 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,578 22,564 7,049 24,319 Wire Drawn 2,469 8,028 2,523 7,989 Sheets Hot Rolled 542 789 369 537 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,614 29,888 18,988 32,138 Strip - Hot Rolled 16 39 17 37 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,841 8,475 2,281 7,608 ______________________________________________________________ May 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,649 119,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,831 3,331 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,320 18,129 Wire Rods 2,493 4,026 Structural Shapes Heavy 220 817 Plates Cut Lengths 1,734 3,157 Plates In Coils 1,024 1,797 Bars - Hot Rolled 904 1,902 Bars - Light Shaped 470 1,031 Bars - Cold Finished 5,052 11,315 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,104 24,459 Wire Drawn 2,570 8,184 Sheets Hot Rolled 378 547 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,159 32,452 Strip - Hot Rolled 17 37 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,374 7,990 ______________________________________________________________ June 2002 May 2002 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 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 June 2003 (CB-03-115)