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