Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2B: 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 October 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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 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)