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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,077 226,618 67,731 233,183 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,710 5,326 1,789 5,339 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,847 26,291 6,028 17,277 Wire Rods 2,186 6,477 2,217 6,505 Structural Shapes Heavy 102 433 91 325 Plates Cut Lengths 3,771 10,802 4,321 14,213 Plates In Coils 2,116 5,934 1,702 4,917 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,587 6,925 1,718 7,742 Bars - Light Shaped 412 1,174 537 1,556 Bars - Cold Finished 6,532 25,981 7,572 30,434 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,138 51,888 10,555 58,265 Wire Drawn 2,972 13,120 3,246 13,878 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,456 2,770 2,062 3,892 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,064 57,320 21,902 54,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 382 920 720 2,145 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,802 11,258 3,271 12,212 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 97,215 282,812 86,652 249,265 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,581 5,648 680 1,268 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,520 36,415 19,351 46,041 Wire Rods 4,160 10,279 4,255 10,655 Structural Shapes Heavy 194 620 175 653 Plates Cut Lengths 2,412 7,656 2,973 9,902 Plates In Coils 2,354 6,247 1,924 5,779 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,564 5,555 1,480 5,012 Bars - Light Shaped 1,233 3,631 1,151 3,421 Bars - Cold Finished 7,419 24,537 5,160 18,033 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,025 42,633 7,887 36,904 Wire Drawn 3,595 13,903 3,121 12,678 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,179 8,193 3,182 9,121 Sheets Cold Rolled 40,954 104,260 31,654 78,220 Strip - Hot Rolled 115 314 22 60 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,911 12,921 3,638 11,518 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 885,591 3,022,794 916,583 2,521,984 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16,573 44,096 8,560 17,200 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 128,035 363,197 166,557 370,850 Wire Rods 35,593 100,398 37,593 90,364 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,500 6,229 2,838 9,513 Plates Cut Lengths 42,778 155,607 30,591 80,247 Plates In Coils 32,898 101,014 31,679 87,109 Bars - Hot Rolled 22,686 92,712 19,700 60,598 Bars - Light Shaped 6,913 21,730 13,533 36,611 Bars - Cold Finished 92,340 357,077 61,797 190,258 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 121,963 657,324 107,949 464,946 Wire Drawn 39,777 173,951 38,086 142,706 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,978 27,291 15,378 36,505 Sheets Cold Rolled 289,837 760,682 341,503 800,017 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,425 9,926 1,570 3,942 Strip - Cold Rolled 37,297 151,560 39,249 131,117 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.