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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 97,711 413,291 76,573 293,166 Ingots And Steel For Castings 840 2,678 321 1,003 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,063 35,445 8,180 28,856 Wire Rods 2,366 8,611 1,700 5,886 Structural Shapes Heavy 352 1,867 284 1,136 Plates Cut Lengths 6,714 44,203 4,463 23,157 Plates In Coils 2,666 10,941 1,617 5,569 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,306 13,789 2,293 8,885 Bars - Light Shaped 804 3,138 1,042 3,490 Bars - Cold Finished 8,541 39,544 5,033 22,205 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,988 74,067 10,840 58,333 Wire Drawn 4,167 21,181 3,418 16,993 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,485 9,528 3,137 3,879 Sheets Cold Rolled 35,880 131,342 31,037 101,594 Strip - Hot Rolled 289 1,254 312 942 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,249 15,703 2,895 11,239 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 67,072 236,843 67,905 226,736 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,221 3,926 680 2,272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,211 25,375 7,387 21,662 Wire Rods 1,968 5,526 1,866 6,004 Structural Shapes Heavy 81 355 59 240 Plates Cut Lengths 4,239 12,807 3,856 11,603 Plates In Coils 1,443 4,361 3,445 10,262 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,913 8,683 2,216 8,886 Bars - Light Shaped 813 2,436 421 1,337 Bars - Cold Finished 6,690 26,071 5,989 23,135 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,824 59,441 9,720 51,305 Wire Drawn 3,294 14,485 2,819 12,142 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,240 2,477 1,380 3,187 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,370 59,220 24,986 62,679 Strip - Hot Rolled 264 764 760 2,492 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,500 10,916 2,320 9,531 -------------------------------------------------------------- October Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 853,224 3,003,610 748,783 2,562,993 Ingots And Steel For Castings 14,511 36,974 13,074 33,431 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 95,150 290,948 112,160 319,630 Wire Rods 20,552 59,247 31,189 87,415 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,095 8,218 1,307 5,471 Plates Cut Lengths 47,047 205,908 34,685 130,592 Plates In Coils 29,780 88,728 29,079 90,164 Bars - Hot Rolled 19,699 89,395 19,381 78,045 Bars - Light Shaped 8,437 26,657 5,964 19,000 Bars - Cold Finished 70,142 281,835 78,235 300,662 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 112,707 641,419 102,271 547,171 Wire Drawn 36,731 168,159 33,559 146,953 Sheets Hot Rolled 24,766 37,057 10,460 20,630 Sheets Cold Rolled 336,592 929,027 243,871 648,878 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,684 7,980 2,323 6,861 Strip - Cold Rolled 32,331 132,059 31,224 128,090 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.