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 2007 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 107,690 542,252 96,022 471,030 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,230 5,460 1,878 8,349 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,028 55,886 8,698 43,005 Wire Rods 2,504 12,506 2,137 9,883 Structural Shapes Heavy 390 2,559 164 849 Plates Cut Lengths 8,582 48,167 5,574 31,076 Plates In Coils 3,917 23,228 3,475 19,629 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,950 17,383 2,848 13,868 Bars - Light Shaped 520 2,812 381 2,015 Bars - Cold Finished 7,107 40,613 6,915 38,747 Oil Country Goods 10,084 32,684 8,288 23,965 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 2 5 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 5,152 5,385 3,087 3,480 Line Pipe - Not Specified 879 685 2,465 2,413 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,164 93,157 13,920 100,675 Wire Drawn 4,200 27,394 3,610 23,073 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,671 3,157 992 2,509 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,390 154,243 28,017 125,450 Strip - Hot Rolled 142 545 237 821 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,777 16,380 3,337 21,223 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 92,203 293,697 76,737 255,734 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,318 4,318 2,759 5,390 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,986 31,436 9,273 25,347 Wire Rods 1,813 5,149 2,106 5,541 Structural Shapes Heavy 281 962 284 1,085 Plates Cut Lengths 4,612 16,929 3,344 12,266 Plates In Coils 3,831 10,284 1,986 5,999 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,953 9,254 1,501 7,138 Bars - Light Shaped 937 2,683 888 2,206 Bars - Cold Finished 6,823 25,882 7,043 28,088 Oil Country Goods (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,834 63,772 10,687 62,430 Wire Drawn 3,984 17,815 3,437 15,209 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,390 2,316 565 878 Sheets Cold Rolled 36,879 90,320 29,697 71,535 Strip - Hot Rolled 120 207 254 557 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,442 12,370 2,912 12,062 -------------------------------------------------------------- May Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 492,695 2,298,932 394,227 1,277,540 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,405 28,967 8,328 20,494 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,468 232,526 46,742 128,747 Wire Rods 11,959 54,570 10,651 28,555 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,402 7,841 949 3,333 Plates Cut Lengths 34,364 186,983 18,715 66,322 Plates In Coils 19,057 97,717 11,798 32,687 Bars - Hot Rolled 14,011 71,778 7,640 35,131 Bars - Light Shaped 2,404 12,159 3,458 9,512 Bars - Cold Finished 36,379 191,172 33,453 126,273 Oil Country Goods 31,191 83,255 (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 20 134 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 16,896 17,221 (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,881 11,892 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 70,317 477,045 53,127 294,077 Wire Drawn 18,593 112,963 18,020 78,639 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,451 16,355 6,962 11,588 Sheets Cold Rolled 144,262 602,205 157,558 378,062 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,934 8,327 1,246 3,081 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,702 85,825 15,580 61,038 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final May 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.