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 September 2006 September 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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 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 October 2006 (CB-06-172)