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 April 2005 March 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,935 255,910 80,631 266,490 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,998 5,295 1,627 4,902 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,014 45,174 16,158 43,455 Wire Rods 3,632 9,729 3,164 8,850 Structural Shapes Heavy 130 510 159 816 Plates Cut Lengths 4,201 18,708 3,930 15,980 Plates In Coils 2,067 7,032 2,417 7,683 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,064 8,228 2,015 6,948 Bars - Light Shaped 518 1,800 629 2,008 Bars - Cold Finished 8,086 31,488 8,454 32,549 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,563 49,299 9,312 47,079 Wire Drawn 3,335 14,910 3,359 14,791 Sheets Hot Rolled 746 1,545 837 1,215 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,984 48,517 25,666 68,243 Strip - Hot Rolled 190 381 37 85 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,408 13,294 2,868 11,885 ______________________________________________________________ March 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 81,608 268,420 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,660 4,902 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,359 43,615 Wire Rods 3,164 8,850 Structural Shapes Heavy 201 816 Plates Cut Lengths 3,916 15,947 Plates In Coils 2,417 7,683 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,130 7,647 Bars - Light Shaped 629 2,008 Bars - Cold Finished 8,541 32,711 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,342 47,357 Wire Drawn 3,400 14,481 Sheets Hot Rolled 837 1,215 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,034 68,964 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 85 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,942 12,138 ______________________________________________________________ April 2004 March 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 66,891 187,017 64,302 173,778 Ingots And Steel For Castings 183 469 269 390 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,673 17,650 7,952 17,352 Wire Rods 3,118 7,447 2,248 5,089 Structural Shapes Heavy 205 671 464 1,138 Plates Cut Lengths 2,507 6,055 3,123 7,537 Plates In Coils 2,954 8,435 2,696 7,353 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,701 5,130 2,255 6,983 Bars - Light Shaped 909 2,380 2,121 5,074 Bars - Cold Finished 5,408 15,212 5,243 13,855 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,356 35,549 9,096 37,396 Wire Drawn 3,818 14,272 3,354 11,823 Sheets Hot Rolled 506 1,232 429 769 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,503 61,879 21,570 47,836 Strip - Hot Rolled 41 111 45 77 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,011 10,525 3,436 11,107 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 April 2005 (CB-05-69)