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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,539 138,955 63,139 127,218 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,267 1,821 3,294 4,148 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,061 23,381 10,621 16,453 Wire Rods 1,792 2,977 1,647 2,963 Structural Shapes Heavy 231 626 260 785 Plates Cut Lengths 2,666 5,162 1,324 2,804 Plates In Coils 2,594 4,755 3,014 4,948 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,007 2,086 613 1,278 Bars - Light Shaped 1,115 2,322 804 1,659 Bars - Cold Finished 4,289 9,984 4,037 9,522 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,410 28,835 7,690 26,732 Wire Drawn 2,609 8,006 2,476 7,688 Sheets Hot Rolled 386 617 6,270 7,775 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,290 39,658 18,193 32,221 Strip - Hot Rolled 7 15 30 65 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,816 8,708 2,867 8,177 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,945 125,204 58,364 111,470 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,812 2,635 2,063 2,618 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,272 16,137 9,125 12,410 Wire Rods 3,673 6,070 3,681 5,856 Structural Shapes Heavy 239 635 520 1,140 Plates Cut Lengths 3,190 5,804 2,295 3,590 Plates In Coils 2,122 2,922 1,650 2,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,055 2,184 1,012 1,871 Bars - Light Shaped 1,327 2,629 1,137 2,298 Bars - Cold Finished 5,475 11,906 4,983 11,347 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,950 23,309 5,550 20,945 Wire Drawn 2,523 7,277 2,281 7,279 Sheets Hot Rolled 939 1,074 1,122 1,421 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,689 33,933 20,517 31,346 Strip - Hot Rolled 43 50 39 65 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,637 8,639 2,390 6,790 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 611,869 1,234,929 721,140 1,269,025 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25,892 33,647 23,583 27,813 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 121,328 176,187 209,098 238,234 Wire Rods 26,159 42,822 41,398 66,609 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,475 4,522 2,078 5,500 Plates Cut Lengths 19,893 36,836 30,285 50,715 Plates In Coils 19,487 33,691 19,301 24,052 Bars - Hot Rolled 11,114 22,488 13,953 29,466 Bars - Light Shaped 7,539 16,211 9,321 19,656 Bars - Cold Finished 44,668 101,376 52,686 119,914 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 69,972 248,449 62,329 228,608 Wire Drawn 25,689 78,966 23,988 74,605 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,813 14,572 13,164 13,274 Sheets Cold Rolled 196,317 331,763 193,432 290,547 Strip - Hot Rolled 276 661 334 617 Strip - Cold Rolled 31,248 92,738 26,190 79,415 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