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 July 2003 June 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,520 127,912 63,408 124,688 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,270 4,187 2,623 3,246 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,261 17,255 18,980 26,493 Wire Rods 2,486 4,387 2,349 3,722 Structural Shapes Heavy 39 129 148 391 Plates Cut Lengths 1,998 4,002 1,739 3,233 Plates In Coils 2,825 4,976 2,060 3,712 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,261 2,547 1,432 2,844 Bars - Light Shaped 565 1,214 738 1,646 Bars - Cold Finished 4,376 10,131 4,279 9,617 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,857 26,980 6,578 22,564 Wire Drawn 2,452 7,600 2,469 8,028 Sheets Hot Rolled 511 869 542 789 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,662 34,389 16,614 29,888 Strip - Hot Rolled 23 61 16 39 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,933 9,184 2,841 8,475 ______________________________________________________________ June 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,635 125,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,623 3,246 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,989 26,505 Wire Rods 2,349 3,722 Structural Shapes Heavy 148 391 Plates Cut Lengths 1,756 3,273 Plates In Coils 2,060 3,712 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,450 2,874 Bars - Light Shaped 755 1,690 Bars - Cold Finished 4,345 9,761 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,649 22,909 Wire Drawn 2,476 8,090 Sheets Hot Rolled 542 789 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,614 29,888 Strip - Hot Rolled 16 39 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,863 8,589 ______________________________________________________________ July 2002 June 2002 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 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 July 2003 (CB-03-129)