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 October 2003 September 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,655 136,534 63,116 126,493 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,267 1,821 3,294 4,148 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,996 23,288 10,621 16,453 Wire Rods 1,743 2,910 1,685 2,963 Structural Shapes Heavy 231 626 246 742 Plates Cut Lengths 2,549 4,907 1,285 2,728 Plates In Coils 2,583 4,733 2,991 4,892 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,006 2,087 613 1,278 Bars - Light Shaped 1,095 2,283 776 1,571 Bars - Cold Finished 4,241 9,881 4,047 9,522 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,010 27,428 7,637 26,572 Wire Drawn 2,578 7,860 2,480 7,669 Sheets Hot Rolled 340 571 6,270 7,775 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,196 39,424 18,191 32,182 Strip - Hot Rolled 3 15 34 65 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,815 8,699 2,947 7,932 ______________________________________________________________ September 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,139 127,218 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,294 4,148 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,621 16,453 Wire Rods 1,647 2,963 Structural Shapes Heavy 260 785 Plates Cut Lengths 1,324 2,804 Plates In Coils 3,014 4,948 Bars - Hot Rolled 613 1,278 Bars - Light Shaped 804 1,659 Bars - Cold Finished 4,037 9,522 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,690 26,732 Wire Drawn 2,476 7,688 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,270 7,775 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,193 32,221 Strip - Hot Rolled 30 65 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,867 8,177 ______________________________________________________________ October 2002 September 2002 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 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 October 2003 (CB-03-183)