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 July 2004 June 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,175 202,243 77,186 218,337 Ingots And Steel For Castings 372 701 29 49 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,265 28,208 15,287 33,021 Wire Rods 3,268 8,002 2,896 7,558 Structural Shapes Heavy 250 877 121 391 Plates Cut Lengths 2,032 5,620 3,050 8,344 Plates In Coils 2,892 8,099 3,707 11,036 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,676 5,976 2,214 5,934 Bars - Light Shaped 1,106 3,173 1,297 3,747 Bars - Cold Finished 4,685 14,551 4,728 14,813 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,651 40,886 9,558 44,796 Wire Drawn 3,380 12,832 2,708 11,923 Sheets Hot Rolled 464 1,133 464 1,017 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,118 61,519 28,235 66,261 Strip - Hot Rolled 224 574 9 40 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,793 10,091 2,885 9,407 ______________________________________________________________ June 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 78,018 221,315 Ingots And Steel For Castings 29 49 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,301 33,043 Wire Rods 2,896 7,558 Structural Shapes Heavy 121 391 Plates Cut Lengths 3,172 8,680 Plates In Coils 3,752 11,202 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,233 6,010 Bars - Light Shaped 1,297 3,747 Bars - Cold Finished 4,782 14,964 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,900 46,787 Wire Drawn 2,724 11,613 Sheets Hot Rolled 494 1,017 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,269 66,337 Strip - Hot Rolled 90 274 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,958 9,644 ______________________________________________________________ July 2003 June 2003 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 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 July 2004 (CB-04-139)