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 June 2004 May 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 77,186 218,337 71,652 196,529 Ingots And Steel For Castings 29 49 158 344 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,287 33,021 15,362 33,292 Wire Rods 2,896 7,558 2,853 7,167 Structural Shapes Heavy 121 391 263 1,142 Plates Cut Lengths 3,050 8,344 2,078 4,498 Plates In Coils 3,707 11,036 5,792 16,411 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,214 5,934 1,906 5,610 Bars - Light Shaped 1,297 3,747 924 2,723 Bars - Cold Finished 4,728 14,813 4,541 12,880 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,558 44,796 8,057 35,316 Wire Drawn 2,708 11,923 2,660 10,268 Sheets Hot Rolled 464 1,017 712 1,203 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,235 66,261 23,529 56,109 Strip - Hot Rolled 9 40 194 482 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,885 9,407 2,623 9,084 ______________________________________________________________ May 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 83,413 226,140 Ingots And Steel For Castings 158 344 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,960 46,856 Wire Rods 3,146 7,842 Structural Shapes Heavy 350 1,377 Plates Cut Lengths 2,168 4,734 Plates In Coils 6,097 17,366 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,167 6,289 Bars - Light Shaped 1,163 3,401 Bars - Cold Finished 5,307 15,330 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,108 38,826 Wire Drawn 2,896 11,312 Sheets Hot Rolled 772 1,343 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,887 59,730 Strip - Hot Rolled 213 546 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,022 10,844 ______________________________________________________________ June 2003 May 2003 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 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 June 2004 (CB-04-118)