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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 83,413 226,140 66,891 187,017 Ingots And Steel For Castings 158 344 183 469 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,960 46,856 7,673 17,650 Wire Rods 3,146 7,842 3,118 7,447 Structural Shapes Heavy 350 1,377 205 671 Plates Cut Lengths 2,168 4,734 2,507 6,055 Plates In Coils 6,097 17,366 2,954 8,435 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,167 6,289 1,701 5,130 Bars - Light Shaped 1,163 3,401 909 2,380 Bars - Cold Finished 5,307 15,330 5,408 15,212 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,108 38,826 9,356 35,549 Wire Drawn 2,896 11,312 3,818 14,272 Sheets Hot Rolled 772 1,343 506 1,232 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,887 59,730 25,503 61,879 Strip - Hot Rolled 213 546 41 111 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,022 10,844 3,011 10,525 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 58,649 119,172 64,287 130,084 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,831 3,331 2,716 3,672 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,320 18,129 11,864 16,862 Wire Rods 2,493 4,026 3,334 5,291 Structural Shapes Heavy 220 817 137 443 Plates Cut Lengths 1,734 3,157 2,083 3,693 Plates In Coils 1,024 1,797 1,291 2,443 Bars - Hot Rolled 904 1,902 1,582 3,218 Bars - Light Shaped 470 1,031 841 1,800 Bars - Cold Finished 5,052 11,315 5,529 12,441 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,104 24,459 6,405 22,729 Wire Drawn 2,570 8,184 3,171 9,577 Sheets Hot Rolled 378 547 740 1,412 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,159 32,452 20,628 35,223 Strip - Hot Rolled 17 37 34 77 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,374 7,990 3,930 11,202 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 334,720 869,578 303,068 600,706 Ingots And Steel For Castings 934 1,753 13,844 18,114 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 62,075 128,356 54,886 77,039 Wire Rods 12,296 28,068 15,319 24,379 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,349 4,046 664 2,120 Plates Cut Lengths 12,285 28,013 10,097 17,656 Plates In Coils 15,534 41,483 7,160 12,075 Bars - Hot Rolled 8,595 24,653 5,651 11,253 Bars - Light Shaped 6,016 14,723 3,918 8,501 Bars - Cold Finished 22,810 62,041 24,455 54,365 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 43,137 168,046 32,865 117,667 Wire Drawn 15,688 55,253 13,480 40,375 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,663 5,170 2,395 3,664 Sheets Cold Rolled 115,978 257,634 101,279 163,759 Strip - Hot Rolled 452 1,003 149 355 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,909 49,335 16,908 49,383 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 May 2004