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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,270 129,850 63,635 125,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,270 4,184 2,623 3,246 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,382 17,414 18,989 26,505 Wire Rods 2,500 4,410 2,349 3,722 Structural Shapes Heavy 39 129 148 391 Plates Cut Lengths 2,026 4,055 1,756 3,273 Plates In Coils 2,825 4,976 2,060 3,712 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,261 2,547 1,450 2,874 Bars - Light Shaped 565 1,214 755 1,690 Bars - Cold Finished 4,631 10,680 4,345 9,761 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,941 27,424 6,649 22,909 Wire Drawn 2,502 7,722 2,476 8,090 Sheets Hot Rolled 511 869 542 789 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,720 34,531 16,614 29,888 Strip - Hot Rolled 23 61 16 39 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,074 9,633 2,863 8,589 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,060 118,397 61,642 117,790 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,782 2,130 2,805 3,368 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,601 15,182 11,946 14,696 Wire Rods 3,079 4,679 3,235 5,350 Structural Shapes Heavy 70 252 209 550 Plates Cut Lengths 2,644 4,683 3,287 5,433 Plates In Coils 1,218 1,828 1,512 1,996 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,328 3,095 1,122 2,584 Bars - Light Shaped 1,221 2,472 648 1,334 Bars - Cold Finished 5,256 11,684 5,317 11,882 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,792 23,864 6,367 23,400 Wire Drawn 2,699 8,076 2,426 7,691 Sheets Hot Rolled 451 547 578 1,122 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,046 31,798 19,633 30,400 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 44 55 57 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,858 8,064 2,503 7,927 ______________________________________________________________ July Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 428,974 856,034 523,616 901,966 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,737 25,545 17,645 20,090 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 85,257 120,958 169,555 188,329 Wire Rods 20,168 32,512 29,879 48,068 Structural Shapes Heavy 851 2,640 1,070 3,228 Plates Cut Lengths 13,878 24,984 20,218 33,795 Plates In Coils 12,045 20,763 12,910 15,494 Bars - Hot Rolled 8,362 16,675 10,757 22,751 Bars - Light Shaped 5,238 11,404 5,332 11,684 Bars - Cold Finished 33,431 74,806 35,998 83,561 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 47,455 168,000 44,551 162,720 Wire Drawn 18,458 56,187 16,725 52,609 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,447 5,322 9,682 8,936 Sheets Cold Rolled 137,613 228,179 130,561 193,742 Strip - Hot Rolled 188 454 207 405 Strip - Cold Rolled 22,845 67,605 18,527 56,554 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 July 2003