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 November 2003 November 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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 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)