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 June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 115,299 617,797 107,690 542,252 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,455 7,281 1,230 5,460 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,930 65,977 10,028 55,886 Wire Rods 1,904 10,809 2,504 12,506 Structural Shapes Heavy 377 2,380 390 2,559 Plates Cut Lengths 10,158 59,785 8,582 48,167 Plates In Coils 8,571 55,162 3,917 23,228 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,685 15,090 2,950 17,383 Bars - Light Shaped 546 2,719 520 2,812 Bars - Cold Finished 7,308 43,350 7,107 40,613 Oil Country Goods 9,741 33,059 10,084 32,684 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 7 12 2 5 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 2,228 2,676 5,152 5,385 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,908 3,834 879 685 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,067 99,840 13,164 93,157 Wire Drawn 3,335 23,884 4,200 27,394 Sheets Hot Rolled 964 2,450 1,671 3,157 Sheets Cold Rolled 34,854 170,361 32,390 154,243 Strip - Hot Rolled 74 378 142 545 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,185 18,750 2,777 16,380 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 88,145 297,070 92,203 293,697 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,714 3,942 2,318 4,318 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,259 31,101 10,986 31,436 Wire Rods 1,766 4,875 1,813 5,149 Structural Shapes Heavy 108 329 281 962 Plates Cut Lengths 5,337 19,375 4,612 16,929 Plates In Coils 5,696 14,644 3,831 10,284 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,804 8,795 1,953 9,254 Bars - Light Shaped 736 2,083 937 2,683 Bars - Cold Finished 7,882 30,270 6,823 25,882 Oil Country Goods (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,752 59,875 12,834 63,772 Wire Drawn 3,684 16,484 3,984 17,815 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,683 2,535 1,390 2,316 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,796 86,476 36,879 90,320 Strip - Hot Rolled 163 444 120 207 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,765 15,841 3,442 12,370 -------------------------------------------------------------- June Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 607,993 2,916,729 482,371 1,574,610 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,860 36,249 10,042 24,436 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 59,398 298,502 57,000 159,849 Wire Rods 13,863 65,379 12,417 33,430 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,779 10,221 1,057 3,662 Plates Cut Lengths 44,522 246,768 24,052 85,697 Plates In Coils 27,628 152,878 17,494 47,331 Bars - Hot Rolled 16,696 86,868 9,444 43,926 Bars - Light Shaped 2,950 14,878 4,194 11,595 Bars - Cold Finished 43,688 234,523 41,335 156,543 Oil Country Goods 40,932 116,314 (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 27 146 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19,124 19,897 (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 16,790 15,725 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 83,384 576,885 63,879 353,952 Wire Drawn 21,929 136,846 21,704 95,122 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,414 18,805 8,645 14,123 Sheets Cold Rolled 179,115 772,566 190,353 464,538 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,008 8,705 1,410 3,526 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,887 104,575 19,345 76,878 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final June 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.