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 July 2006 July 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 577,091 1,915,473 539,346 1,832,021 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,719 29,015 10,073 24,609 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 67,844 191,792 88,975 249,241 Wire Rods 14,739 39,756 24,160 66,595 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,223 4,296 1,009 4,264 Plates Cut Lengths 29,654 108,692 22,918 91,287 Plates In Coils 21,206 58,415 20,213 62,456 Bars - Hot Rolled 11,599 54,004 13,750 54,427 Bars - Light Shaped 5,189 14,919 4,472 14,257 Bars - Cold Finished 49,259 188,667 57,703 221,205 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 75,773 426,205 71,033 369,144 Wire Drawn 25,342 111,939 24,094 105,378 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,229 16,600 5,852 11,554 Sheets Cold Rolled 229,500 577,507 171,288 462,176 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,569 3,973 1,000 2,723 Strip - Cold Rolled 22,244 89,694 22,808 92,704 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 August 2006 (CB-06-144)