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 May 2007 April 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 104,907 535,362 93,971 460,623 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,230 5,460 1,878 8,349 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,879 54,679 8,185 39,430 Wire Rods 2,448 12,348 2,137 9,883 Structural Shapes Heavy 390 2,559 164 849 Plates Cut Lengths 7,868 46,712 5,459 30,651 Plates In Coils 3,917 23,228 3,415 19,330 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,909 17,290 2,659 13,575 Bars - Light Shaped 520 2,812 381 2,015 Bars - Cold Finished 7,023 40,087 6,855 38,445 Oil Country Goods 8,803 31,507 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 2,135 2,093 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,002 91,669 13,699 98,267 Wire Drawn 4,196 27,340 3,584 22,952 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,671 3,157 990 2,506 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,115 153,600 27,541 123,173 Strip - Hot Rolled 142 545 237 821 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,761 16,294 3,278 20,838 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 96,022 471,030 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,878 8,349 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,698 43,005 Wire Rods 2,137 9,883 Structural Shapes Heavy 164 849 Plates Cut Lengths 5,574 31,076 Plates In Coils 3,475 19,629 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,848 13,868 Bars - Light Shaped 381 2,015 Bars - Cold Finished 6,915 38,747 Oil Country Goods 8,288 23,965 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 3,087 3,480 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,465 2,413 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,920 100,675 Wire Drawn 3,610 23,073 Sheets Hot Rolled 992 2,509 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,017 125,450 Strip - Hot Rolled 237 821 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,337 21,223 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2006 April 2006 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 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 May 2007 (CB-07-89)