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 July 2005 June 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 70,460 250,807 73,498 262,693 Ingots And Steel For Castings 971 2,104 648 1,725 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,110 29,608 10,467 31,335 Wire Rods 2,317 6,383 3,633 10,427 Structural Shapes Heavy 164 767 37 193 Plates Cut Lengths 2,960 13,583 3,334 12,825 Plates In Coils 5,019 16,074 4,229 11,980 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,165 8,625 1,733 8,210 Bars - Light Shaped 340 1,239 386 1,342 Bars - Cold Finished 8,944 34,227 8,756 32,414 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,897 48,572 10,272 57,238 Wire Drawn 3,236 13,885 3,374 16,990 Sheets Hot Rolled 937 1,336 779 1,781 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,121 59,168 22,316 62,172 Strip - Hot Rolled 96 215 208 529 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,184 15,021 3,325 13,531 ______________________________________________________________ June 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,884 265,918 Ingots And Steel For Castings 809 2,034 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,750 32,003 Wire Rods 3,633 10,427 Structural Shapes Heavy 41 193 Plates Cut Lengths 3,360 12,903 Plates In Coils 4,237 12,016 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,888 8,382 Bars - Light Shaped 386 1,342 Bars - Cold Finished 8,769 32,462 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,592 57,982 Wire Drawn 3,494 17,141 Sheets Hot Rolled 841 2,084 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,398 62,413 Strip - Hot Rolled 211 608 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,474 13,928 ______________________________________________________________ July 2004 June 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 80,768 219,230 78,018 221,315 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,268 2,732 29 49 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,875 38,234 15,301 33,043 Wire Rods 3,286 8,021 2,896 7,558 Structural Shapes Heavy 248 817 121 391 Plates Cut Lengths 2,059 5,700 3,172 8,680 Plates In Coils 2,981 8,356 3,752 11,202 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,739 6,123 2,233 6,010 Bars - Light Shaped 1,106 3,173 1,297 3,747 Bars - Cold Finished 4,702 14,623 4,782 14,964 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,108 44,183 9,900 46,787 Wire Drawn 3,382 12,868 2,724 11,613 Sheets Hot Rolled 464 1,133 494 1,017 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,481 62,257 28,269 66,337 Strip - Hot Rolled 224 574 90 274 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,845 10,436 2,958 9,644 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 July 2005 (CB-05-123)