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 February 2004 January 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,567 151,512 52,181 120,267 Ingots And Steel For Castings 77 163 149 461 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,539 24,016 7,761 14,162 Wire Rods 2,269 4,888 1,495 2,772 Structural Shapes Heavy 150 345 230 516 Plates Cut Lengths 2,363 5,242 2,064 4,273 Plates In Coils 2,563 5,821 1,205 2,451 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,619 3,873 821 2,200 Bars - Light Shaped 905 2,046 918 1,819 Bars - Cold Finished 3,030 7,599 3,691 9,712 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,112 28,391 8,160 27,104 Wire Drawn 2,803 9,064 2,762 8,592 Sheets Hot Rolled 660 1,276 247 419 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,917 50,588 19,798 37,004 Strip - Hot Rolled 9 72 52 197 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,551 8,129 2,828 8,586 ______________________________________________________________ January 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,628 121,063 Ingots And Steel For Castings 125 190 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,875 14,375 Wire Rods 1,515 2,803 Structural Shapes Heavy 180 516 Plates Cut Lengths 2,084 4,321 Plates In Coils 1,224 2,509 Bars - Hot Rolled 840 2,254 Bars - Light Shaped 918 1,822 Bars - Cold Finished 3,709 9,751 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,327 27,522 Wire Drawn 2,762 8,592 Sheets Hot Rolled 280 488 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,819 37,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 112 197 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,857 8,672 ______________________________________________________________ February 2003 January 2003 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 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 February 2004 (CB-04-46)