Exhibit 1b: 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 March 2007 February 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 102,392 469,216 88,224 384,086 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,404 8,501 1,257 3,977 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,598 49,013 9,862 41,818 Wire Rods 2,502 11,597 2,252 10,129 Structural Shapes Heavy 257 1,490 244 1,211 Plates Cut Lengths 7,935 44,429 5,592 30,304 Plates In Coils 2,984 15,919 3,688 16,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,847 15,501 1,664 8,404 Bars - Light Shaped 419 2,054 450 2,241 Bars - Cold Finished 8,027 40,269 6,676 34,186 Oil Country Goods 9,718 19,359 3,095 7,175 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 18 128 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 2,313 2,710 5,337 4,826 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,150 3,458 2,492 3,199 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,350 99,724 12,609 82,189 Wire Drawn 3,693 22,833 2,770 17,247 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,470 4,670 871 2,539 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,133 107,141 26,735 103,944 Strip - Hot Rolled 540 2,574 166 689 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,033 17,844 2,466 13,513 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 92,562 389,769 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,257 3,977 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,897 41,875 Wire Rods 2,252 10,129 Structural Shapes Heavy 250 1,233 Plates Cut Lengths 5,624 30,457 Plates In Coils 3,688 16,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,984 8,950 Bars - Light Shaped 450 2,241 Bars - Cold Finished 6,676 34,186 Oil Country Goods 3,101 7,247 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 6,081 5,470 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5,186 5,197 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,071 84,270 Wire Drawn 2,771 17,255 Sheets Hot Rolled 880 2,546 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,735 103,944 Strip - Hot Rolled 166 689 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,493 13,609 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2006 February 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 79,437 251,990 73,117 232,916 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,544 4,097 865 3,052 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,029 28,420 9,460 25,176 Wire Rods 2,119 5,565 1,732 4,565 Structural Shapes Heavy 163 492 51 182 Plates Cut Lengths 3,387 10,929 3,961 13,202 Plates In Coils 2,265 6,261 1,672 4,745 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,407 6,544 1,075 4,788 Bars - Light Shaped 659 1,795 472 1,361 Bars - Cold Finished 7,190 25,368 6,460 23,886 Oil Country Goods (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,708 54,431 8,660 50,844 Wire Drawn 3,870 16,101 2,865 12,899 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,758 3,222 1,346 2,244 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,549 74,658 31,842 75,129 Strip - Hot Rolled 253 758 251 746 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,538 13,348 2,404 10,098 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 March 2007 (CB-07-58)