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 August 2003 July 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 51,953 107,489 61,520 127,912 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,437 2,024 3,270 4,187 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,202 15,033 11,261 17,255 Wire Rods 2,338 4,116 2,486 4,387 Structural Shapes Heavy 133 470 39 129 Plates Cut Lengths 2,000 3,842 1,998 4,002 Plates In Coils 1,785 3,131 2,825 4,976 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,130 2,425 1,261 2,547 Bars - Light Shaped 382 826 565 1,214 Bars - Cold Finished 2,872 6,909 4,376 10,131 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,056 23,503 7,857 26,980 Wire Drawn 2,064 6,812 2,452 7,600 Sheets Hot Rolled 676 794 511 869 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,416 30,062 19,662 34,389 Strip - Hot Rolled 51 126 23 61 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,411 7,417 2,933 9,184 ______________________________________________________________ July 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,270 129,850 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,270 4,184 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,382 17,414 Wire Rods 2,500 4,410 Structural Shapes Heavy 39 129 Plates Cut Lengths 2,026 4,055 Plates In Coils 2,825 4,976 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,261 2,547 Bars - Light Shaped 565 1,214 Bars - Cold Finished 4,631 10,680 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,941 27,424 Wire Drawn 2,502 7,722 Sheets Hot Rolled 511 869 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,720 34,531 Strip - Hot Rolled 23 61 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,074 9,633 ______________________________________________________________ August 2002 July 2002 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 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 August 2003 (CB-03-148)