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 February 2005 January 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 80,266 254,632 76,531 240,181 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,784 4,477 1,942 3,927 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,727 40,147 6,517 19,236 Wire Rods 2,970 8,001 4,214 10,808 Structural Shapes Heavy 90 283 149 638 Plates Cut Lengths 2,757 10,553 2,610 8,258 Plates In Coils 2,269 6,629 1,897 5,608 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,534 6,691 1,402 5,115 Bars - Light Shaped 1,020 3,085 1,003 2,975 Bars - Cold Finished 6,486 22,485 7,118 25,796 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,761 47,544 9,341 44,555 Wire Drawn 3,226 12,809 3,402 13,592 Sheets Hot Rolled 369 689 729 1,934 Sheets Cold Rolled 29,489 79,336 32,681 84,818 Strip - Hot Rolled 115 250 62 159 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,668 11,652 3,465 12,762 ______________________________________________________________ January 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 79,185 250,505 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,128 4,322 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,855 20,358 Wire Rods 4,276 10,986 Structural Shapes Heavy 153 653 Plates Cut Lengths 2,663 8,444 Plates In Coils 2,015 5,791 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,560 5,784 Bars - Light Shaped 1,054 3,147 Bars - Cold Finished 7,316 27,550 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,022 47,962 Wire Drawn 3,322 13,719 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,054 2,267 Sheets Cold Rolled 33,058 85,955 Strip - Hot Rolled 62 159 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,647 13,408 ______________________________________________________________ February 2004 January 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 67,486 161,580 52,628 121,063 Ingots And Steel For Castings 200 360 125 190 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,615 32,123 7,875 14,375 Wire Rods 2,269 4,888 1,515 2,803 Structural Shapes Heavy 150 345 180 516 Plates Cut Lengths 2,403 5,366 2,084 4,321 Plates In Coils 2,563 5,821 1,224 2,509 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,632 3,997 840 2,254 Bars - Light Shaped 905 2,046 918 1,822 Bars - Cold Finished 3,144 7,893 3,709 9,751 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,250 28,753 8,327 27,522 Wire Drawn 2,857 9,255 2,762 8,592 Sheets Hot Rolled 676 1,338 280 488 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,199 51,136 19,819 37,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 40 72 112 197 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,583 8,187 2,857 8,672 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 (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary February 2005 (CB-05-41)