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 June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 78,018 221,315 83,413 226,140 Ingots And Steel For Castings 29 49 158 344 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,301 33,043 21,960 46,856 Wire Rods 2,896 7,558 3,146 7,842 Structural Shapes Heavy 121 391 350 1,377 Plates Cut Lengths 3,172 8,680 2,168 4,734 Plates In Coils 3,752 11,202 6,097 17,366 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,233 6,010 2,167 6,289 Bars - Light Shaped 1,297 3,747 1,163 3,401 Bars - Cold Finished 4,782 14,964 5,307 15,330 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,900 46,787 9,108 38,826 Wire Drawn 2,724 11,613 2,896 11,312 Sheets Hot Rolled 494 1,017 772 1,343 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,269 66,337 24,887 59,730 Strip - Hot Rolled 90 274 213 546 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,958 9,644 3,022 10,844 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 63,635 125,477 58,649 119,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,623 3,246 2,831 3,331 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,989 26,505 12,320 18,129 Wire Rods 2,349 3,722 2,493 4,026 Structural Shapes Heavy 148 391 220 817 Plates Cut Lengths 1,756 3,273 1,734 3,157 Plates In Coils 2,060 3,712 1,024 1,797 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,450 2,874 904 1,902 Bars - Light Shaped 755 1,690 470 1,031 Bars - Cold Finished 4,345 9,761 5,052 11,315 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,649 22,909 7,104 24,459 Wire Drawn 2,476 8,090 2,570 8,184 Sheets Hot Rolled 542 789 378 547 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,614 29,888 19,159 32,452 Strip - Hot Rolled 16 39 17 37 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,863 8,589 2,374 7,990 ______________________________________________________________ June Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 412,738 1,090,893 366,703 726,184 Ingots And Steel For Castings 963 1,802 16,467 21,360 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 77,376 161,399 73,875 103,544 Wire Rods 15,192 35,626 17,669 28,101 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,469 4,437 812 2,511 Plates Cut Lengths 15,457 36,692 11,853 20,929 Plates In Coils 19,287 52,685 9,220 15,787 Bars - Hot Rolled 10,829 30,663 7,101 14,127 Bars - Light Shaped 7,313 18,470 4,673 10,190 Bars - Cold Finished 27,592 77,005 28,800 64,126 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 53,037 214,833 39,514 140,576 Wire Drawn 18,411 66,867 15,956 48,465 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,156 6,187 2,937 4,453 Sheets Cold Rolled 144,247 323,971 117,893 193,648 Strip - Hot Rolled 542 1,277 164 393 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,867 58,980 19,770 57,972 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 June 2004