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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,302 173,778 67,486 161,580 Ingots And Steel For Castings 269 390 200 360 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,952 17,352 16,615 32,123 Wire Rods 2,248 5,089 2,269 4,888 Structural Shapes Heavy 464 1,138 150 345 Plates Cut Lengths 3,123 7,537 2,403 5,366 Plates In Coils 2,696 7,353 2,563 5,821 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,255 6,983 1,632 3,997 Bars - Light Shaped 2,121 5,074 905 2,046 Bars - Cold Finished 5,243 13,855 3,144 7,893 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,096 37,396 7,250 28,753 Wire Drawn 3,354 11,823 2,857 9,255 Sheets Hot Rolled 429 769 676 1,338 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,570 47,836 24,199 51,136 Strip - Hot Rolled 45 77 40 72 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,436 11,107 2,583 8,187 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,020 123,371 58,258 111,877 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,205 4,387 2,763 3,917 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,788 15,216 10,938 14,791 Wire Rods 3,919 6,130 1,936 3,155 Structural Shapes Heavy 121 357 45 150 Plates Cut Lengths 2,107 3,531 2,162 3,799 Plates In Coils 2,102 3,200 1,787 2,960 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,020 1,923 1,004 1,946 Bars - Light Shaped 770 1,714 897 1,880 Bars - Cold Finished 4,212 9,756 3,914 8,735 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,876 25,114 5,766 21,201 Wire Drawn 2,470 7,224 2,299 6,637 Sheets Hot Rolled 361 712 216 333 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,982 34,882 20,895 32,324 Strip - Hot Rolled 39 71 21 44 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,050 9,154 3,617 10,005 ______________________________________________________________ March Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 184,416 456,422 180,132 351,451 Ingots And Steel For Castings 594 939 8,296 11,111 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,442 63,850 30,702 42,048 Wire Rods 6,032 12,779 9,493 15,062 Structural Shapes Heavy 794 1,998 307 860 Plates Cut Lengths 7,610 17,224 6,280 10,807 Plates In Coils 6,483 15,683 4,846 7,835 Bars - Hot Rolled 4,728 13,233 3,165 6,133 Bars - Light Shaped 3,944 8,942 2,607 5,670 Bars - Cold Finished 12,095 31,499 13,873 30,609 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 24,673 93,672 19,356 70,479 Wire Drawn 8,974 29,670 7,738 22,615 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,385 2,595 1,277 1,706 Sheets Cold Rolled 65,589 136,026 61,491 96,085 Strip - Hot Rolled 197 346 97 240 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,876 27,966 10,603 30,191 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 March 2004