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 November 2003 October 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 51,612 120,184 64,655 136,534 Ingots And Steel For Castings 133 236 1,267 1,821 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,960 9,270 14,996 23,288 Wire Rods 1,878 3,335 1,743 2,910 Structural Shapes Heavy 145 385 231 626 Plates Cut Lengths 1,759 3,387 2,549 4,907 Plates In Coils 3,176 5,578 2,583 4,733 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,023 3,281 1,006 2,087 Bars - Light Shaped 1,161 2,240 1,095 2,283 Bars - Cold Finished 2,922 7,061 4,241 9,881 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,294 30,969 7,010 27,428 Wire Drawn 2,501 8,299 2,578 7,860 Sheets Hot Rolled 876 864 340 571 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,575 38,073 22,196 39,424 Strip - Hot Rolled 25 41 3 15 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,184 7,166 2,815 8,699 ______________________________________________________________ October 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,539 138,955 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,267 1,821 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,061 23,381 Wire Rods 1,792 2,977 Structural Shapes Heavy 231 626 Plates Cut Lengths 2,666 5,162 Plates In Coils 2,594 4,755 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,007 2,086 Bars - Light Shaped 1,115 2,322 Bars - Cold Finished 4,289 9,984 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,410 28,835 Wire Drawn 2,609 8,006 Sheets Hot Rolled 386 617 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,290 39,658 Strip - Hot Rolled 7 15 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,816 8,708 ______________________________________________________________ November 2002 October 2002 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 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 November 2003 (CB-03-196)