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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,000 121,138 65,539 138,955 Ingots And Steel For Castings 133 236 1,267 1,821 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,977 9,294 15,061 23,381 Wire Rods 1,973 3,470 1,792 2,977 Structural Shapes Heavy 145 385 231 626 Plates Cut Lengths 1,759 3,387 2,666 5,162 Plates In Coils 3,343 5,887 2,594 4,755 Bars - Hot Rolled 916 2,053 1,007 2,086 Bars - Light Shaped 1,206 2,314 1,115 2,322 Bars - Cold Finished 3,000 7,301 4,289 9,984 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,480 31,419 7,410 28,835 Wire Drawn 2,594 8,669 2,609 8,006 Sheets Hot Rolled 557 904 386 617 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,612 38,168 22,290 39,658 Strip - Hot Rolled 28 53 7 15 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,277 7,596 2,816 8,708 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,743 128,569 64,945 125,204 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,214 1,865 1,812 2,635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,305 21,984 12,272 16,137 Wire Rods 3,811 6,103 3,673 6,070 Structural Shapes Heavy 182 547 239 635 Plates Cut Lengths 2,412 4,224 3,190 5,804 Plates In Coils 2,717 4,020 2,122 2,922 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,713 3,288 1,055 2,184 Bars - Light Shaped 1,766 3,453 1,327 2,629 Bars - Cold Finished 5,774 12,442 5,475 11,906 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,140 23,934 5,950 23,309 Wire Drawn 2,911 8,865 2,523 7,277 Sheets Hot Rolled 731 846 939 1,074 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,641 30,056 21,689 33,933 Strip - Hot Rolled 8 28 43 50 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,420 6,915 2,637 8,639 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 663,870 1,356,066 790,883 1,397,594 Ingots And Steel For Castings 26,025 33,884 24,796 29,678 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 126,305 185,481 227,404 260,218 Wire Rods 28,132 46,292 45,209 72,712 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,620 4,907 2,259 6,047 Plates Cut Lengths 21,652 40,223 32,696 54,939 Plates In Coils 22,830 39,578 22,017 28,072 Bars - Hot Rolled 12,030 24,540 15,666 32,754 Bars - Light Shaped 8,745 18,525 11,087 23,109 Bars - Cold Finished 47,668 108,677 58,460 132,356 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 78,451 279,868 69,469 252,542 Wire Drawn 28,284 87,635 26,899 83,471 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,369 15,476 13,895 14,120 Sheets Cold Rolled 216,929 369,931 212,072 320,603 Strip - Hot Rolled 304 714 342 645 Strip - Cold Rolled 33,525 100,335 28,610 86,330 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 November 2003