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 November 2004 October 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 76,350 223,841 80,437 232,619 Ingots And Steel For Castings 642 1,148 973 2,017 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,232 32,658 14,858 35,717 Wire Rods 3,877 9,635 4,127 10,428 Structural Shapes Heavy 309 581 250 1,060 Plates Cut Lengths 2,905 9,636 1,775 5,516 Plates In Coils 1,800 5,316 1,788 5,209 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,427 4,859 1,517 5,345 Bars - Light Shaped 1,043 3,101 734 2,085 Bars - Cold Finished 4,997 17,414 5,246 17,579 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,357 34,361 8,244 37,847 Wire Drawn 2,939 11,904 3,411 12,894 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,540 8,408 1,885 4,595 Sheets Cold Rolled 30,313 74,771 31,491 78,881 Strip - Hot Rolled 22 60 233 631 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,946 9,989 3,905 12,816 ______________________________________________________________ October 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 83,741 242,063 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,127 2,307 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,272 36,405 Wire Rods 4,127 10,428 Structural Shapes Heavy 259 1,089 Plates Cut Lengths 1,800 5,590 Plates In Coils 1,856 5,391 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,614 5,689 Bars - Light Shaped 882 2,511 Bars - Cold Finished 5,430 18,265 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,734 39,980 Wire Drawn 3,510 13,064 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,936 4,706 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,537 81,787 Strip - Hot Rolled 234 638 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,424 14,217 ______________________________________________________________ November 2003 October 2003 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 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 Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2004 (CB-04-213)