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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 54,218 112,722 62,270 129,850 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,594 2,133 3,270 4,184 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,390 15,395 11,382 17,414 Wire Rods 2,552 4,371 2,500 4,410 Structural Shapes Heavy 133 470 39 129 Plates Cut Lengths 2,025 3,885 2,026 4,055 Plates In Coils 1,834 3,225 2,825 4,976 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,133 2,449 1,261 2,547 Bars - Light Shaped 382 826 565 1,214 Bars - Cold Finished 2,911 7,064 4,631 10,680 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,417 24,882 7,941 27,424 Wire Drawn 2,147 7,085 2,502 7,722 Sheets Hot Rolled 710 858 511 869 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,221 31,706 19,720 34,531 Strip - Hot Rolled 51 126 23 61 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,720 8,248 3,074 9,633 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,214 130,386 61,060 118,397 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,062 2,470 1,782 2,130 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,147 21,359 11,601 15,182 Wire Rods 4,165 6,615 3,079 4,679 Structural Shapes Heavy 249 497 70 252 Plates Cut Lengths 4,583 7,525 2,644 4,683 Plates In Coils 2,619 3,141 1,218 1,828 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,129 2,661 1,328 3,095 Bars - Light Shaped 1,526 3,045 1,221 2,472 Bars - Cold Finished 6,230 13,101 5,256 11,684 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,278 21,634 6,792 23,864 Wire Drawn 2,459 7,440 2,699 8,076 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,421 1,844 451 547 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,664 31,526 20,046 31,798 Strip - Hot Rolled 46 96 13 44 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,637 7,432 2,858 8,064 ______________________________________________________________ August Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 483,191 968,756 597,830 1,032,352 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,331 27,678 19,707 22,560 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 95,647 136,353 187,701 209,688 Wire Rods 22,720 36,883 34,044 54,684 Structural Shapes Heavy 985 3,110 1,319 3,725 Plates Cut Lengths 15,903 28,870 24,800 41,320 Plates In Coils 13,879 23,988 15,529 18,635 Bars - Hot Rolled 9,494 19,123 11,886 25,411 Bars - Light Shaped 5,621 12,230 6,858 14,729 Bars - Cold Finished 36,342 81,870 42,228 96,661 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 54,872 192,882 50,829 184,354 Wire Drawn 20,604 63,272 19,184 60,049 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,157 6,180 11,103 10,780 Sheets Cold Rolled 155,833 259,884 151,225 225,268 Strip - Hot Rolled 239 580 253 502 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,564 75,853 21,164 63,986 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 August 2003