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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 86,652 249,265 83,741 242,063 Ingots And Steel For Castings 680 1,268 1,127 2,307 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,351 46,041 15,272 36,405 Wire Rods 4,255 10,655 4,127 10,428 Structural Shapes Heavy 175 653 259 1,089 Plates Cut Lengths 2,973 9,902 1,800 5,590 Plates In Coils 1,924 5,779 1,856 5,391 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,480 5,012 1,614 5,689 Bars - Light Shaped 1,151 3,421 882 2,511 Bars - Cold Finished 5,160 18,033 5,430 18,265 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,887 36,904 8,734 39,980 Wire Drawn 3,121 12,678 3,510 13,064 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,182 9,121 1,936 4,706 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,654 78,220 32,537 81,787 Strip - Hot Rolled 22 60 234 638 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,638 11,518 4,424 14,217 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,000 121,138 65,539 138,955 Ingots And Steel For Castings 133 236 1,267 1,821 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,977 9,294 15,061 23,381 Wire Rods 1,973 3,470 1,792 2,977 Structural Shapes Heavy 145 385 231 626 Plates Cut Lengths 1,759 3,387 2,666 5,162 Plates In Coils 3,343 5,887 2,594 4,755 Bars - Hot Rolled 916 2,053 1,007 2,086 Bars - Light Shaped 1,206 2,314 1,115 2,322 Bars - Cold Finished 3,000 7,301 4,289 9,984 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,480 31,419 7,410 28,835 Wire Drawn 2,594 8,669 2,609 8,006 Sheets Hot Rolled 557 904 386 617 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,612 38,168 22,290 39,658 Strip - Hot Rolled 28 53 7 15 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,277 7,596 2,816 8,708 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 819,368 2,239,172 663,870 1,356,066 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,979 11,553 26,025 33,884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 152,037 334,435 126,305 185,481 Wire Rods 33,434 80,085 28,132 46,292 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,644 8,893 1,620 4,907 Plates Cut Lengths 28,179 72,591 21,652 40,223 Plates In Coils 29,325 80,862 22,830 39,578 Bars - Hot Rolled 18,135 55,043 12,030 24,540 Bars - Light Shaped 12,301 32,980 8,745 18,525 Bars - Cold Finished 54,378 165,721 47,668 108,677 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 98,924 422,313 78,451 279,868 Wire Drawn 34,490 128,803 28,284 87,635 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,199 28,313 11,369 15,476 Sheets Cold Rolled 300,549 695,757 216,929 369,931 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,455 3,628 304 714 Strip - Cold Rolled 35,338 118,196 33,525 100,335 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2004. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.