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 February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 67,486 161,580 52,628 121,063 Ingots And Steel For Castings 200 360 125 190 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,615 32,123 7,875 14,375 Wire Rods 2,269 4,888 1,515 2,803 Structural Shapes Heavy 150 345 180 516 Plates Cut Lengths 2,403 5,366 2,084 4,321 Plates In Coils 2,563 5,821 1,224 2,509 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,632 3,997 840 2,254 Bars - Light Shaped 905 2,046 918 1,822 Bars - Cold Finished 3,144 7,893 3,709 9,751 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,250 28,753 8,327 27,522 Wire Drawn 2,857 9,255 2,762 8,592 Sheets Hot Rolled 676 1,338 280 488 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,199 51,136 19,819 37,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 40 72 112 197 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,583 8,187 2,857 8,672 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,258 111,877 58,853 116,202 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,763 3,917 2,328 2,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,938 14,791 8,976 12,041 Wire Rods 1,936 3,155 3,638 5,777 Structural Shapes Heavy 45 150 141 352 Plates Cut Lengths 2,162 3,799 2,012 3,477 Plates In Coils 1,787 2,960 957 1,676 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,004 1,946 1,142 2,265 Bars - Light Shaped 897 1,880 940 2,077 Bars - Cold Finished 3,914 8,735 5,748 12,118 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,766 21,201 6,713 24,164 Wire Drawn 2,299 6,637 2,970 8,754 Sheets Hot Rolled 216 333 700 660 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,895 32,324 18,614 28,879 Strip - Hot Rolled 21 44 37 125 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,617 10,005 3,937 11,031 ______________________________________________________________ February Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 120,114 282,644 117,111 228,079 Ingots And Steel For Castings 325 550 5,091 6,724 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 24,490 46,498 19,914 26,832 Wire Rods 3,784 7,690 5,574 8,933 Structural Shapes Heavy 330 861 186 502 Plates Cut Lengths 4,487 9,687 4,173 7,276 Plates In Coils 3,787 8,329 2,744 4,635 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,473 6,251 2,145 4,210 Bars - Light Shaped 1,823 3,868 1,837 3,956 Bars - Cold Finished 6,853 17,644 9,662 20,853 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 15,577 56,275 12,479 45,365 Wire Drawn 5,619 17,846 5,269 15,391 Sheets Hot Rolled 956 1,826 916 993 Sheets Cold Rolled 44,018 88,190 39,509 61,202 Strip - Hot Rolled 152 269 58 169 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,440 16,859 7,554 21,037 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