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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 66,891 187,017 64,302 173,778 Ingots And Steel For Castings 183 469 269 390 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,673 17,650 7,952 17,352 Wire Rods 3,118 7,447 2,248 5,089 Structural Shapes Heavy 205 671 464 1,138 Plates Cut Lengths 2,507 6,055 3,123 7,537 Plates In Coils 2,954 8,435 2,696 7,353 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,701 5,130 2,255 6,983 Bars - Light Shaped 909 2,380 2,121 5,074 Bars - Cold Finished 5,408 15,212 5,243 13,855 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,356 35,549 9,096 37,396 Wire Drawn 3,818 14,272 3,354 11,823 Sheets Hot Rolled 506 1,232 429 769 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,503 61,879 21,570 47,836 Strip - Hot Rolled 41 111 45 77 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,011 10,525 3,436 11,107 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,287 130,084 63,020 123,371 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,716 3,672 3,205 4,387 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,864 16,862 10,788 15,216 Wire Rods 3,334 5,291 3,919 6,130 Structural Shapes Heavy 137 443 121 357 Plates Cut Lengths 2,083 3,693 2,107 3,531 Plates In Coils 1,291 2,443 2,102 3,200 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,582 3,218 1,020 1,923 Bars - Light Shaped 841 1,800 770 1,714 Bars - Cold Finished 5,529 12,441 4,212 9,756 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,405 22,729 6,876 25,114 Wire Drawn 3,171 9,577 2,470 7,224 Sheets Hot Rolled 740 1,412 361 712 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,628 35,223 21,982 34,882 Strip - Hot Rolled 34 77 39 71 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,930 11,202 3,050 9,154 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 251,307 643,439 244,419 481,534 Ingots And Steel For Castings 777 1,408 11,013 14,783 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 40,115 81,500 42,566 58,911 Wire Rods 9,150 20,226 12,826 20,353 Structural Shapes Heavy 999 2,669 444 1,303 Plates Cut Lengths 10,116 23,279 8,363 14,499 Plates In Coils 9,437 24,117 6,137 10,278 Bars - Hot Rolled 6,429 18,364 4,748 9,351 Bars - Light Shaped 4,853 11,322 3,448 7,470 Bars - Cold Finished 17,503 46,711 19,403 43,050 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 34,029 129,220 25,760 93,208 Wire Drawn 12,792 43,942 10,910 32,192 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,891 3,827 2,017 3,118 Sheets Cold Rolled 91,091 197,904 82,119 131,308 Strip - Hot Rolled 239 457 132 317 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,887 38,491 14,534 41,393 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 April 2004