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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 97,215 282,812 86,652 249,265 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,581 5,648 680 1,268 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,520 36,415 19,351 46,041 Wire Rods 4,160 10,279 4,255 10,655 Structural Shapes Heavy 194 620 175 653 Plates Cut Lengths 2,412 7,656 2,973 9,902 Plates In Coils 2,354 6,247 1,924 5,779 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,564 5,555 1,480 5,012 Bars - Light Shaped 1,233 3,631 1,151 3,421 Bars - Cold Finished 7,419 24,537 5,160 18,033 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,025 42,633 7,887 36,904 Wire Drawn 3,595 13,903 3,121 12,678 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,179 8,193 3,182 9,121 Sheets Cold Rolled 40,954 104,260 31,654 78,220 Strip - Hot Rolled 115 314 22 60 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,911 12,921 3,638 11,518 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,000 135,281 52,000 121,138 Ingots And Steel For Castings 127 165 133 236 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,569 22,033 4,977 9,294 Wire Rods 1,464 2,804 1,973 3,470 Structural Shapes Heavy 267 794 145 385 Plates Cut Lengths 1,782 3,974 1,759 3,387 Plates In Coils 2,648 5,260 3,343 5,887 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,158 2,620 916 2,053 Bars - Light Shaped 1,293 2,725 1,206 2,314 Bars - Cold Finished 3,422 8,490 3,000 7,301 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,917 29,155 8,480 31,419 Wire Drawn 2,838 8,363 2,594 8,669 Sheets Hot Rolled 260 470 557 904 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,438 38,094 20,612 38,168 Strip - Hot Rolled 66 117 28 53 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,750 10,216 2,277 7,596 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 916,583 2,521,984 724,870 1,491,347 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,560 17,200 26,152 34,049 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 166,557 370,850 139,874 207,515 Wire Rods 37,593 90,364 29,596 49,096 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,838 9,513 1,887 5,701 Plates Cut Lengths 30,591 80,247 23,435 44,197 Plates In Coils 31,679 87,109 25,478 44,838 Bars - Hot Rolled 19,700 60,598 13,188 27,160 Bars - Light Shaped 13,533 36,611 10,038 21,250 Bars - Cold Finished 61,797 190,258 51,091 117,166 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 107,949 464,946 86,368 309,023 Wire Drawn 38,086 142,706 31,122 95,998 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,378 36,505 11,630 15,946 Sheets Cold Rolled 341,503 800,017 237,366 408,026 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,570 3,942 370 831 Strip - Cold Rolled 39,249 131,117 37,275 110,551 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2004. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.