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 January 2004 January 2003 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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 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)