Exhibit 2B: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Stainless Steel Products: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding June 2006 June 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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 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 July 2006 (CB-06-130)