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 April 2004 March 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,646 183,915 63,490 172,669 Ingots And Steel For Castings 150 469 176 390 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,650 17,604 7,952 17,352 Wire Rods 3,087 7,397 2,231 5,054 Structural Shapes Heavy 198 648 378 1,138 Plates Cut Lengths 2,440 5,858 3,106 7,488 Plates In Coils 2,896 8,226 2,676 7,305 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,684 5,029 1,969 6,965 Bars - Light Shaped 842 2,208 2,121 5,074 Bars - Cold Finished 5,206 14,782 5,220 13,778 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,196 35,375 8,905 36,676 Wire Drawn 3,817 13,736 3,339 11,774 Sheets Hot Rolled 506 1,232 429 769 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,952 60,811 21,557 47,767 Strip - Hot Rolled 41 111 11 77 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,981 10,430 3,420 11,063 ______________________________________________________________ March 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,302 173,778 Ingots And Steel For Castings 269 390 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,952 17,352 Wire Rods 2,248 5,089 Structural Shapes Heavy 464 1,138 Plates Cut Lengths 3,123 7,537 Plates In Coils 2,696 7,353 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,255 6,983 Bars - Light Shaped 2,121 5,074 Bars - Cold Finished 5,243 13,855 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,096 37,396 Wire Drawn 3,354 11,823 Sheets Hot Rolled 429 769 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,570 47,836 Strip - Hot Rolled 45 77 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,436 11,107 ______________________________________________________________ April 2003 March 2003 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 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 April 2004 (CB-04-76)