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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 80,768 219,230 78,018 221,315 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,268 2,732 29 49 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,875 38,234 15,301 33,043 Wire Rods 3,286 8,021 2,896 7,558 Structural Shapes Heavy 248 817 121 391 Plates Cut Lengths 2,059 5,700 3,172 8,680 Plates In Coils 2,981 8,356 3,752 11,202 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,739 6,123 2,233 6,010 Bars - Light Shaped 1,106 3,173 1,297 3,747 Bars - Cold Finished 4,702 14,623 4,782 14,964 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,108 44,183 9,900 46,787 Wire Drawn 3,382 12,868 2,724 11,613 Sheets Hot Rolled 464 1,133 494 1,017 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,481 62,257 28,269 66,337 Strip - Hot Rolled 224 574 90 274 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,845 10,436 2,958 9,644 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,270 129,850 63,635 125,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,270 4,184 2,623 3,246 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,382 17,414 18,989 26,505 Wire Rods 2,500 4,410 2,349 3,722 Structural Shapes Heavy 39 129 148 391 Plates Cut Lengths 2,026 4,055 1,756 3,273 Plates In Coils 2,825 4,976 2,060 3,712 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,261 2,547 1,450 2,874 Bars - Light Shaped 565 1,214 755 1,690 Bars - Cold Finished 4,631 10,680 4,345 9,761 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,941 27,424 6,649 22,909 Wire Drawn 2,502 7,722 2,476 8,090 Sheets Hot Rolled 511 869 542 789 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,720 34,531 16,614 29,888 Strip - Hot Rolled 23 61 16 39 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,074 9,633 2,863 8,589 ______________________________________________________________ July Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 493,506 1,310,123 428,974 856,034 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,230 4,534 19,737 25,545 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 95,250 199,634 85,257 120,958 Wire Rods 18,477 43,647 20,168 32,512 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,718 5,254 851 2,640 Plates Cut Lengths 17,516 42,393 13,878 24,984 Plates In Coils 22,268 61,041 12,045 20,763 Bars - Hot Rolled 12,567 36,785 8,362 16,675 Bars - Light Shaped 8,419 21,643 5,238 11,404 Bars - Cold Finished 32,295 91,628 33,431 74,806 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,145 259,016 47,455 168,000 Wire Drawn 21,793 79,735 18,458 56,187 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,620 7,320 3,447 5,322 Sheets Cold Rolled 172,729 386,228 137,613 228,179 Strip - Hot Rolled 766 1,851 188 454 Strip - Cold Rolled 20,712 69,415 22,845 67,605 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 July 2004