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 October 2006 October 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - 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 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2006 (CB-06-188)