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 2006 Data June March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 88,145 297,070 92,203 293,697 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,714 3,942 2,318 4,318 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,259 31,101 10,986 31,436 Wire Rods 1,766 4,875 1,813 5,149 Structural Shapes Heavy 108 329 281 962 Plates Cut Lengths 5,337 19,375 4,612 16,929 Plates In Coils 5,696 14,644 3,831 10,284 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,804 8,795 1,953 9,254 Bars - Light Shaped 736 2,083 937 2,683 Bars - Cold Finished 7,882 30,270 6,823 25,882 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,752 59,875 12,834 63,772 Wire Drawn 3,684 16,484 3,984 17,815 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,683 2,535 1,390 2,316 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,796 86,476 36,879 90,320 Strip - Hot Rolled 163 444 120 207 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,765 15,841 3,442 12,370 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data June March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,884 265,918 72,762 265,480 Ingots And Steel For Castings 809 2,034 524 1,475 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,750 32,003 13,092 38,084 Wire Rods 3,633 10,427 4,108 12,053 Structural Shapes Heavy 41 193 198 934 Plates Cut Lengths 3,360 12,903 2,301 10,651 Plates In Coils 4,237 12,016 1,824 6,320 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,888 8,382 1,969 7,857 Bars - Light Shaped 386 1,342 468 1,583 Bars - Cold Finished 8,769 32,462 8,951 33,946 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,592 57,982 10,941 63,851 Wire Drawn 3,494 17,141 3,990 18,075 Sheets Hot Rolled 841 2,084 711 1,630 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,398 62,413 20,392 56,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 211 608 290 1,025 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,474 13,928 3,003 11,942 -------------------------------------------------------------- June Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 482,371 1,574,610 468,029 1,577,644 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,042 24,436 9,103 22,505 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 57,000 159,849 78,800 219,389 Wire Rods 12,417 33,430 21,843 60,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,057 3,662 825 3,443 Plates Cut Lengths 24,052 85,697 19,939 77,598 Plates In Coils 17,494 47,331 14,988 45,566 Bars - Hot Rolled 9,444 43,926 11,585 45,802 Bars - Light Shaped 4,194 11,595 4,116 13,018 Bars - Cold Finished 41,335 156,543 48,759 186,978 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,879 353,952 61,918 318,966 Wire Drawn 21,704 95,122 20,807 91,330 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,645 14,123 4,912 10,206 Sheets Cold Rolled 190,353 464,538 150,073 402,771 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,410 3,526 904 2,508 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,345 76,878 19,458 77,354 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final June 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.