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 January 2005 December 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 79,185 250,505 97,215 282,812 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,128 4,322 2,581 5,648 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,855 20,358 14,520 36,415 Wire Rods 4,276 10,986 4,160 10,279 Structural Shapes Heavy 153 653 194 620 Plates Cut Lengths 2,663 8,444 2,412 7,656 Plates In Coils 2,015 5,791 2,354 6,247 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,560 5,784 1,564 5,555 Bars - Light Shaped 1,054 3,147 1,233 3,631 Bars - Cold Finished 7,316 27,550 7,419 24,537 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,022 47,962 9,025 42,633 Wire Drawn 3,322 13,719 3,595 13,903 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,054 2,267 3,179 8,193 Sheets Cold Rolled 33,058 85,955 40,954 104,260 Strip - Hot Rolled 62 159 115 314 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,647 13,408 3,911 12,921 ______________________________________________________________ January 2004 December 2003 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,628 121,063 61,000 135,281 Ingots And Steel For Castings 125 190 127 165 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,875 14,375 13,569 22,033 Wire Rods 1,515 2,803 1,464 2,804 Structural Shapes Heavy 180 516 267 794 Plates Cut Lengths 2,084 4,321 1,782 3,974 Plates In Coils 1,224 2,509 2,648 5,260 Bars - Hot Rolled 840 2,254 1,158 2,620 Bars - Light Shaped 918 1,822 1,293 2,725 Bars - Cold Finished 3,709 9,751 3,422 8,490 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,327 27,522 7,917 29,155 Wire Drawn 2,762 8,592 2,838 8,363 Sheets Hot Rolled 280 488 260 470 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,819 37,053 20,438 38,094 Strip - Hot Rolled 112 197 66 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,857 8,672 3,750 10,216 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2005 (revised May 11, 2005). For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.