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 2005 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 67,731 233,183 67,072 236,843 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,789 5,339 1,221 3,926 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,028 17,277 8,211 25,375 Wire Rods 2,217 6,505 1,968 5,526 Structural Shapes Heavy 91 325 81 355 Plates Cut Lengths 4,321 14,213 4,239 12,807 Plates In Coils 1,702 4,917 1,443 4,361 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,718 7,742 1,913 8,683 Bars - Light Shaped 537 1,556 813 2,436 Bars - Cold Finished 7,572 30,434 6,690 26,071 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,555 58,265 9,824 59,441 Wire Drawn 3,246 13,878 3,294 14,485 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,062 3,892 1,240 2,477 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,902 54,484 23,370 59,220 Strip - Hot Rolled 720 2,145 264 764 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,271 12,212 2,500 10,916 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 86,652 249,265 83,741 242,063 Ingots And Steel For Castings 680 1,268 1,127 2,307 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,351 46,041 15,272 36,405 Wire Rods 4,255 10,655 4,127 10,428 Structural Shapes Heavy 175 653 259 1,089 Plates Cut Lengths 2,973 9,902 1,800 5,590 Plates In Coils 1,924 5,779 1,856 5,391 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,480 5,012 1,614 5,689 Bars - Light Shaped 1,151 3,421 882 2,511 Bars - Cold Finished 5,160 18,033 5,430 18,265 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,887 36,904 8,734 39,980 Wire Drawn 3,121 12,678 3,510 13,064 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,182 9,121 1,936 4,706 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,654 78,220 32,537 81,787 Strip - Hot Rolled 22 60 234 638 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,638 11,518 4,424 14,217 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 816,514 2,796,176 819,368 2,239,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 14,863 38,770 5,979 11,553 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 118,189 336,906 152,037 334,435 Wire Rods 33,407 93,921 33,434 80,085 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,398 5,796 2,644 8,893 Plates Cut Lengths 39,006 144,805 28,179 72,591 Plates In Coils 30,781 95,080 29,325 80,862 Bars - Hot Rolled 21,099 85,787 18,135 55,043 Bars - Light Shaped 6,501 20,556 12,301 32,980 Bars - Cold Finished 85,807 331,096 54,378 165,721 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 112,825 605,436 98,924 422,313 Wire Drawn 36,805 160,832 34,490 128,803 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,522 24,522 12,199 28,313 Sheets Cold Rolled 265,773 703,362 300,549 695,757 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,043 9,006 1,455 3,628 Strip - Cold Rolled 34,495 140,302 35,338 118,196 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.