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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 94,272 408,069 97,711 413,291 Ingots And Steel For Castings 489 1,700 840 2,678 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,282 32,340 10,063 35,445 Wire Rods 2,737 10,165 2,366 8,611 Structural Shapes Heavy 333 1,601 352 1,867 Plates Cut Lengths 7,046 34,492 6,714 44,203 Plates In Coils 6,633 25,945 2,666 10,941 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,917 13,865 3,306 13,789 Bars - Light Shaped 587 2,551 804 3,138 Bars - Cold Finished 8,418 40,257 8,541 39,544 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 15,329 90,593 12,988 74,067 Wire Drawn 3,628 19,691 4,167 21,181 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,174 8,579 5,485 9,528 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,119 108,686 35,880 131,342 Strip - Hot Rolled 403 1,769 289 1,254 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,175 15,834 3,249 15,703 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 67,731 233,183 67,072 236,843 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,789 5,339 1,221 3,926 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,028 17,277 8,211 25,375 Wire Rods 2,217 6,505 1,968 5,526 Structural Shapes Heavy 91 325 81 355 Plates Cut Lengths 4,321 14,213 4,239 12,807 Plates In Coils 1,702 4,917 1,443 4,361 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,718 7,742 1,913 8,683 Bars - Light Shaped 537 1,556 813 2,436 Bars - Cold Finished 7,572 30,434 6,690 26,071 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,555 58,265 9,824 59,441 Wire Drawn 3,246 13,878 3,294 14,485 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,062 3,892 1,240 2,477 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,902 54,484 23,370 59,220 Strip - Hot Rolled 720 2,145 264 764 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,271 12,212 2,500 10,916 -------------------------------------------------------------- November Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 947,496 3,411,679 816,514 2,796,176 Ingots And Steel For Castings 15,000 38,674 14,863 38,770 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 102,432 323,288 118,189 336,906 Wire Rods 23,289 69,411 33,407 93,921 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,428 9,819 1,398 5,796 Plates Cut Lengths 54,093 240,400 39,006 144,805 Plates In Coils 36,414 114,673 30,781 95,080 Bars - Hot Rolled 22,616 103,260 21,099 85,787 Bars - Light Shaped 9,024 29,207 6,501 20,556 Bars - Cold Finished 78,559 322,092 85,807 331,096 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 128,036 732,012 112,825 605,436 Wire Drawn 40,360 187,850 36,805 160,832 Sheets Hot Rolled 27,940 45,636 12,522 24,522 Sheets Cold Rolled 368,711 1,037,713 265,773 703,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,088 9,749 3,043 9,006 Strip - Cold Rolled 35,507 147,893 34,495 140,302 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.