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 September 2003 August 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,116 126,493 51,953 107,489 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,294 4,148 1,437 2,024 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,621 16,453 10,202 15,033 Wire Rods 1,685 2,963 2,338 4,116 Structural Shapes Heavy 246 742 133 470 Plates Cut Lengths 1,285 2,728 2,000 3,842 Plates In Coils 2,991 4,892 1,785 3,131 Bars - Hot Rolled 613 1,278 1,130 2,425 Bars - Light Shaped 776 1,571 382 826 Bars - Cold Finished 4,047 9,522 2,872 6,909 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,637 26,572 7,056 23,503 Wire Drawn 2,480 7,669 2,064 6,812 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,270 7,775 676 794 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,191 32,182 17,416 30,062 Strip - Hot Rolled 34 65 51 126 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,947 7,932 2,411 7,417 ______________________________________________________________ August 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 54,218 112,722 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,594 2,133 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,390 15,395 Wire Rods 2,552 4,371 Structural Shapes Heavy 133 470 Plates Cut Lengths 2,025 3,885 Plates In Coils 1,834 3,225 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,133 2,449 Bars - Light Shaped 382 826 Bars - Cold Finished 2,911 7,064 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,417 24,882 Wire Drawn 2,147 7,085 Sheets Hot Rolled 710 858 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,221 31,706 Strip - Hot Rolled 51 126 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,720 8,248 ______________________________________________________________ September 2002 August 2002 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 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 September 2003 (CB-03-167)