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 December 2003 November 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 60,331 133,809 51,612 120,184 Ingots And Steel For Castings 82 165 133 236 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,464 21,888 4,960 9,270 Wire Rods 1,343 2,672 1,878 3,335 Structural Shapes Heavy 234 753 145 385 Plates Cut Lengths 1,757 3,908 1,759 3,387 Plates In Coils 2,624 5,200 3,176 5,578 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,174 2,641 1,023 3,281 Bars - Light Shaped 1,286 2,696 1,161 2,240 Bars - Cold Finished 3,407 8,468 2,922 7,061 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,687 28,574 8,294 30,969 Wire Drawn 2,899 8,331 2,501 8,299 Sheets Hot Rolled 258 459 876 864 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,416 38,041 20,575 38,073 Strip - Hot Rolled 66 117 25 41 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,633 9,897 2,184 7,166 ______________________________________________________________ November 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,000 121,138 Ingots And Steel For Castings 133 236 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,977 9,294 Wire Rods 1,973 3,470 Structural Shapes Heavy 145 385 Plates Cut Lengths 1,759 3,387 Plates In Coils 3,343 5,887 Bars - Hot Rolled 916 2,053 Bars - Light Shaped 1,206 2,314 Bars - Cold Finished 3,000 7,301 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,480 31,419 Wire Drawn 2,594 8,669 Sheets Hot Rolled 557 904 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,612 38,168 Strip - Hot Rolled 28 53 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,277 7,596 ______________________________________________________________ December 2002 November 2002 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 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 December 2003 (CB-04-11)