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 March 2005 February 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 80,631 266,490 80,266 254,632 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,627 4,902 1,784 4,477 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,158 43,455 15,727 40,147 Wire Rods 3,164 8,850 2,970 8,001 Structural Shapes Heavy 159 816 90 283 Plates Cut Lengths 3,930 15,980 2,757 10,553 Plates In Coils 2,417 7,683 2,269 6,629 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,015 6,948 1,534 6,691 Bars - Light Shaped 629 2,008 1,020 3,085 Bars - Cold Finished 8,454 32,549 6,486 22,485 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,312 47,079 9,761 47,544 Wire Drawn 3,359 14,791 3,226 12,809 Sheets Hot Rolled 837 1,215 369 689 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,666 68,243 29,489 79,336 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 85 115 250 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,868 11,885 2,668 11,652 ______________________________________________________________ February 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 82,775 264,608 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,984 4,477 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,727 40,147 Wire Rods 2,970 8,001 Structural Shapes Heavy 102 338 Plates Cut Lengths 3,218 10,559 Plates In Coils 2,286 6,680 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,835 7,676 Bars - Light Shaped 1,041 3,137 Bars - Cold Finished 6,764 27,534 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,975 48,653 Wire Drawn 3,252 12,930 Sheets Hot Rolled 499 1,074 Sheets Cold Rolled 30,073 80,628 Strip - Hot Rolled 115 250 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,934 12,524 ______________________________________________________________ March 2004 February 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 64,302 173,778 67,486 161,580 Ingots And Steel For Castings 269 390 200 360 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,952 17,352 16,615 32,123 Wire Rods 2,248 5,089 2,269 4,888 Structural Shapes Heavy 464 1,138 150 345 Plates Cut Lengths 3,123 7,537 2,403 5,366 Plates In Coils 2,696 7,353 2,563 5,821 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,255 6,983 1,632 3,997 Bars - Light Shaped 2,121 5,074 905 2,046 Bars - Cold Finished 5,243 13,855 3,144 7,893 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,096 37,396 7,250 28,753 Wire Drawn 3,354 11,823 2,857 9,255 Sheets Hot Rolled 429 769 676 1,338 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,570 47,836 24,199 51,136 Strip - Hot Rolled 45 77 40 72 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,436 11,107 2,583 8,187 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 March 2005 (CB-05-54)