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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 76,573 293,166 101,849 381,679 Ingots And Steel For Castings 321 1,003 1,631 4,278 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,180 28,856 9,062 34,855 Wire Rods 1,700 5,886 1,747 4,994 Structural Shapes Heavy 284 1,136 237 919 Plates Cut Lengths 4,463 23,157 6,216 29,856 Plates In Coils 1,617 5,569 4,292 13,804 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,293 8,885 2,500 12,717 Bars - Light Shaped 1,042 3,490 1,401 5,110 Bars - Cold Finished 5,033 22,205 7,309 31,419 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,840 58,333 13,105 82,814 Wire Drawn 3,418 16,993 3,804 18,047 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,137 3,879 5,914 7,050 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,037 101,594 40,174 118,583 Strip - Hot Rolled 312 942 514 1,810 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,895 11,239 3,944 15,423 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 67,905 226,736 74,460 267,393 Ingots And Steel For Castings 680 2,272 1,100 2,624 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,387 21,662 7,588 23,351 Wire Rods 1,866 6,004 3,196 9,291 Structural Shapes Heavy 59 240 157 612 Plates Cut Lengths 3,856 11,603 3,673 14,896 Plates In Coils 3,445 10,262 3,977 13,084 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,216 8,886 1,501 6,049 Bars - Light Shaped 421 1,337 258 970 Bars - Cold Finished 5,989 23,135 7,853 30,251 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,720 51,305 11,694 67,281 Wire Drawn 2,819 12,142 3,352 14,948 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,380 3,187 1,989 3,413 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,986 62,679 24,228 64,802 Strip - Hot Rolled 760 2,492 299 883 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,320 9,531 3,596 14,938 -------------------------------------------------------------- September Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 755,513 2,590,319 681,711 2,326,150 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,671 34,296 11,853 29,505 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 85,087 255,502 103,950 294,254 Wire Rods 18,186 50,636 29,221 81,889 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,743 6,351 1,226 5,116 Plates Cut Lengths 40,333 161,705 30,446 117,785 Plates In Coils 27,115 77,787 27,635 85,803 Bars - Hot Rolled 16,392 75,606 17,468 69,363 Bars - Light Shaped 7,632 23,518 5,151 16,565 Bars - Cold Finished 61,601 242,291 71,545 274,591 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 99,719 567,353 92,447 487,730 Wire Drawn 32,564 146,979 30,265 132,468 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,281 27,529 9,221 18,154 Sheets Cold Rolled 300,712 797,685 220,501 589,657 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,395 6,726 2,059 6,098 Strip - Cold Rolled 29,083 116,356 28,724 117,174 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.