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 2007 December 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 92,586 419,955 89,301 396,117 Ingots And Steel For Castings 636 2,680 1,799 5,726 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,488 38,526 10,849 43,179 Wire Rods 2,535 10,336 2,897 11,393 Structural Shapes Heavy 341 1,709 390 1,643 Plates Cut Lengths 6,644 32,826 6,626 29,887 Plates In Coils 4,992 22,445 4,950 23,152 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,381 16,076 3,530 14,395 Bars - Light Shaped 633 3,037 731 3,223 Bars - Cold Finished 7,615 37,170 6,971 34,938 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 16,778 98,571 13,976 88,728 Wire Drawn 4,249 21,942 3,928 21,148 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,437 3,472 1,231 2,342 Sheets Cold Rolled 30,979 110,940 28,131 100,010 Strip - Hot Rolled 849 3,698 431 2,242 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,028 16,529 2,860 14,113 ______________________________________________________________ January 2006 December 2005 Commodity Final Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 72,732 243,204 69,077 226,618 Ingots And Steel For Castings 841 3,637 1,710 5,326 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,994 18,370 9,847 26,291 Wire Rods 2,882 7,736 2,186 6,477 Structural Shapes Heavy 171 612 102 433 Plates Cut Lengths 3,411 12,996 3,771 10,802 Plates In Coils 2,044 5,397 2,116 5,934 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,705 7,406 1,587 6,925 Bars - Light Shaped 501 1,467 412 1,174 Bars - Cold Finished 5,937 23,050 6,532 25,981 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,236 62,599 9,138 51,888 Wire Drawn 3,865 16,614 2,972 13,120 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,902 2,929 1,456 2,770 Sheets Cold Rolled 27,591 66,420 24,064 57,320 Strip - Hot Rolled 368 813 382 920 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,284 13,159 2,802 11,258 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.