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 December 2005 November 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 67,311 220,455 67,534 232,524 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,693 5,276 1,789 5,339 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,261 24,288 5,936 17,130 Wire Rods 2,151 6,409 2,217 6,505 Structural Shapes Heavy 102 433 91 325 Plates Cut Lengths 3,770 10,796 4,321 14,213 Plates In Coils 1,854 4,812 1,686 4,852 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,451 6,364 1,718 7,742 Bars - Light Shaped 392 1,123 537 1,556 Bars - Cold Finished 6,312 25,117 7,572 30,434 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,852 51,042 10,536 58,147 Wire Drawn 2,928 12,951 3,242 13,861 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,456 2,770 2,051 3,721 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,003 57,149 21,847 54,356 Strip - Hot Rolled 370 890 720 2,145 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,716 11,038 3,269 12,199 ______________________________________________________________ November 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 67,731 233,183 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,789 5,339 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,028 17,277 Wire Rods 2,217 6,505 Structural Shapes Heavy 91 325 Plates Cut Lengths 4,321 14,213 Plates In Coils 1,702 4,917 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,718 7,742 Bars - Light Shaped 537 1,556 Bars - Cold Finished 7,572 30,434 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,555 58,265 Wire Drawn 3,246 13,878 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,062 3,892 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,902 54,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 720 2,145 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,271 12,212 ______________________________________________________________ December 2004 November 2004 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 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 December 2005 (CB-06-11)