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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,000 135,281 52,000 121,138 Ingots And Steel For Castings 127 165 133 236 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,569 22,033 4,977 9,294 Wire Rods 1,464 2,804 1,973 3,470 Structural Shapes Heavy 267 794 145 385 Plates Cut Lengths 1,782 3,974 1,759 3,387 Plates In Coils 2,648 5,260 3,343 5,887 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,158 2,620 916 2,053 Bars - Light Shaped 1,293 2,725 1,206 2,314 Bars - Cold Finished 3,422 8,490 3,000 7,301 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,917 29,155 8,480 31,419 Wire Drawn 2,838 8,363 2,594 8,669 Sheets Hot Rolled 260 470 557 904 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,438 38,094 20,612 38,168 Strip - Hot Rolled 66 117 28 53 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,750 10,216 2,277 7,596 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,403 119,140 69,743 128,569 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,836 2,307 1,214 1,865 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,676 13,644 18,305 21,984 Wire Rods 3,580 5,570 3,811 6,103 Structural Shapes Heavy 479 1,230 182 547 Plates Cut Lengths 3,872 5,915 2,412 4,224 Plates In Coils 1,596 2,305 2,717 4,020 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,488 2,761 1,713 3,288 Bars - Light Shaped 1,257 2,656 1,766 3,453 Bars - Cold Finished 5,653 12,469 5,774 12,442 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,121 21,880 7,140 23,934 Wire Drawn 3,132 8,645 2,911 8,865 Sheets Hot Rolled 748 891 731 846 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,393 29,963 18,641 30,056 Strip - Hot Rolled 4 14 8 28 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,570 8,890 2,420 6,915 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 724,870 1,491,347 853,286 1,516,734 Ingots And Steel For Castings 26,152 34,049 26,632 31,985 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 139,874 207,515 238,080 273,862 Wire Rods 29,596 49,096 48,789 78,282 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,887 5,701 2,739 7,277 Plates Cut Lengths 23,435 44,197 36,568 60,854 Plates In Coils 25,478 44,838 23,614 30,377 Bars - Hot Rolled 13,188 27,160 17,154 35,515 Bars - Light Shaped 10,038 21,250 12,343 25,765 Bars - Cold Finished 51,091 117,166 64,113 144,825 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 86,368 309,023 75,589 274,422 Wire Drawn 31,122 95,998 30,031 92,116 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,630 15,946 14,642 15,012 Sheets Cold Rolled 237,366 408,026 231,466 350,566 Strip - Hot Rolled 370 831 346 659 Strip - Cold Rolled 37,275 110,551 31,180 95,219 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 December 2003