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 January 2006 December 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,108 231,786 67,311 220,455 Ingots And Steel For Castings 841 3,637 1,693 5,276 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,751 17,590 9,261 24,288 Wire Rods 2,816 7,497 2,151 6,409 Structural Shapes Heavy 143 501 102 433 Plates Cut Lengths 3,259 12,583 3,770 10,796 Plates In Coils 1,933 5,076 1,854 4,812 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,671 7,224 1,451 6,364 Bars - Light Shaped 500 1,456 392 1,123 Bars - Cold Finished 5,695 22,209 6,312 25,117 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,964 60,476 8,852 51,042 Wire Drawn 3,648 15,799 2,928 12,951 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,870 2,861 1,456 2,770 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,676 62,189 24,003 57,149 Strip - Hot Rolled 388 813 370 890 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,954 11,874 2,716 11,038 ______________________________________________________________ December 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 69,077 226,618 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,710 5,326 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,847 26,291 Wire Rods 2,186 6,477 Structural Shapes Heavy 102 433 Plates Cut Lengths 3,771 10,802 Plates In Coils 2,116 5,934 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,587 6,925 Bars - Light Shaped 412 1,174 Bars - Cold Finished 6,532 25,981 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,138 51,888 Wire Drawn 2,972 13,120 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,456 2,770 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,064 57,320 Strip - Hot Rolled 382 920 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,802 11,258 ______________________________________________________________ January 2005 December 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 79,185 250,505 97,215 282,812 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,128 4,322 2,581 5,648 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,855 20,358 14,520 36,415 Wire Rods 4,276 10,986 4,160 10,279 Structural Shapes Heavy 153 653 194 620 Plates Cut Lengths 2,663 8,444 2,412 7,656 Plates In Coils 2,015 5,791 2,354 6,247 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,560 5,784 1,564 5,555 Bars - Light Shaped 1,054 3,147 1,233 3,631 Bars - Cold Finished 7,316 27,550 7,419 24,537 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,022 47,962 9,025 42,633 Wire Drawn 3,322 13,719 3,595 13,903 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,054 2,267 3,179 8,193 Sheets Cold Rolled 33,058 85,955 40,954 104,260 Strip - Hot Rolled 62 159 115 314 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,647 13,408 3,911 12,921 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 January 2006 (CB-06-29)