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 2004 Data January December Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,628 121,063 61,000 135,281 Ingots And Steel For Castings 125 190 127 165 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,875 14,375 13,569 22,033 Wire Rods 1,515 2,803 1,464 2,804 Structural Shapes Heavy 180 516 267 794 Plates Cut Lengths 2,084 4,321 1,782 3,974 Plates In Coils 1,224 2,509 2,648 5,260 Bars - Hot Rolled 840 2,254 1,158 2,620 Bars - Light Shaped 918 1,822 1,293 2,725 Bars - Cold Finished 3,709 9,751 3,422 8,490 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,327 27,522 7,917 29,155 Wire Drawn 2,762 8,592 2,838 8,363 Sheets Hot Rolled 280 488 260 470 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,819 37,053 20,438 38,094 Strip - Hot Rolled 112 197 66 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,857 8,672 3,750 10,216 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data January December Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,853 116,202 62,403 119,140 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,328 2,807 1,836 2,307 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,976 12,041 10,676 13,644 Wire Rods 3,638 5,777 3,580 5,570 Structural Shapes Heavy 141 352 479 1,230 Plates Cut Lengths 2,012 3,477 3,872 5,915 Plates In Coils 957 1,676 1,596 2,305 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,142 2,265 1,488 2,761 Bars - Light Shaped 940 2,077 1,257 2,656 Bars - Cold Finished 5,748 12,118 5,653 12,469 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,713 24,164 6,121 21,880 Wire Drawn 2,970 8,754 3,132 8,645 Sheets Hot Rolled 700 660 748 891 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,614 28,879 19,393 29,963 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 125 4 14 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,937 11,031 2,570 8,890 ______________________________________________________________ January Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,628 121,063 58,853 116,202 Ingots And Steel For Castings 125 190 2,328 2,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,875 14,375 8,976 12,041 Wire Rods 1,515 2,803 3,638 5,777 Structural Shapes Heavy 180 516 141 352 Plates Cut Lengths 2,084 4,321 2,012 3,477 Plates In Coils 1,224 2,509 957 1,676 Bars - Hot Rolled 840 2,254 1,142 2,265 Bars - Light Shaped 918 1,822 940 2,077 Bars - Cold Finished 3,709 9,751 5,748 12,118 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,327 27,522 6,713 24,164 Wire Drawn 2,762 8,592 2,970 8,754 Sheets Hot Rolled 280 488 700 660 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,819 37,053 18,614 28,879 Strip - Hot Rolled 112 197 37 125 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,857 8,672 3,937 11,031 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 January 2004