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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,139 127,218 54,218 112,722 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,294 4,148 1,594 2,133 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,621 16,453 10,390 15,395 Wire Rods 1,647 2,963 2,552 4,371 Structural Shapes Heavy 260 785 133 470 Plates Cut Lengths 1,324 2,804 2,025 3,885 Plates In Coils 3,014 4,948 1,834 3,225 Bars - Hot Rolled 613 1,278 1,133 2,449 Bars - Light Shaped 804 1,659 382 826 Bars - Cold Finished 4,037 9,522 2,911 7,064 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,690 26,732 7,417 24,882 Wire Drawn 2,476 7,688 2,147 7,085 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,270 7,775 710 858 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,193 32,221 18,221 31,706 Strip - Hot Rolled 30 65 51 126 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,867 8,177 2,720 8,248 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,364 111,470 74,214 130,386 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,063 2,618 2,062 2,470 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,125 12,410 18,147 21,359 Wire Rods 3,681 5,856 4,165 6,615 Structural Shapes Heavy 520 1,140 249 497 Plates Cut Lengths 2,295 3,590 4,583 7,525 Plates In Coils 1,650 2,495 2,619 3,141 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,012 1,871 1,129 2,661 Bars - Light Shaped 1,137 2,298 1,526 3,045 Bars - Cold Finished 4,983 11,347 6,230 13,101 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,550 20,945 6,278 21,634 Wire Drawn 2,281 7,279 2,459 7,440 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,122 1,421 1,421 1,844 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,517 31,346 20,664 31,526 Strip - Hot Rolled 39 65 46 96 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,390 6,790 2,637 7,432 ______________________________________________________________ September Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 546,330 1,095,974 656,195 1,143,822 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24,625 31,826 21,770 25,178 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 106,268 152,806 196,826 222,097 Wire Rods 24,367 39,845 37,725 60,540 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,244 3,895 1,838 4,865 Plates Cut Lengths 17,228 31,674 27,095 44,910 Plates In Coils 16,893 28,936 17,179 21,130 Bars - Hot Rolled 10,107 20,401 12,898 27,282 Bars - Light Shaped 6,425 13,889 7,994 17,027 Bars - Cold Finished 40,379 91,391 47,211 108,008 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 62,562 219,614 56,379 205,299 Wire Drawn 23,081 70,960 21,465 67,328 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,427 13,954 12,225 12,201 Sheets Cold Rolled 174,026 292,106 171,743 256,614 Strip - Hot Rolled 269 646 292 567 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,431 84,030 23,554 70,776 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 September 2003