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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 76,037 396,940 96,042 540,803 Ingots And Steel For Castings 155 451 1,425 8,009 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,647 36,653 9,642 48,623 Wire Rods 2,089 10,959 2,089 10,862 Structural Shapes Heavy 156 992 302 2,126 Plates Cut Lengths 6,335 37,608 9,660 66,099 Plates In Coils 3,062 15,240 3,994 27,847 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,185 7,193 1,960 12,452 Bars - Light Shaped 284 1,567 386 1,955 Bars - Cold Finished 5,757 34,767 7,645 48,723 Oil Country Goods 4,090 13,758 7,743 24,641 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 6 14 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 820 1,098 1,850 2,838 Line Pipe - Not Specified 16 163 1,439 1,688 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,871 95,514 14,176 120,945 Wire Drawn 3,112 20,686 3,935 27,826 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,299 4,986 2,824 6,456 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,667 98,574 23,450 110,032 Strip - Hot Rolled 235 759 71 330 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,251 15,961 3,450 19,353 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 76,573 293,166 101,849 381,679 Ingots And Steel For Castings 321 1,003 1,631 4,278 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,180 28,856 9,062 34,855 Wire Rods 1,700 5,886 1,747 4,994 Structural Shapes Heavy 284 1,136 237 919 Plates Cut Lengths 4,463 23,157 6,216 29,856 Plates In Coils 1,617 5,569 4,292 13,804 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,293 8,885 2,500 12,717 Bars - Light Shaped 1,042 3,490 1,401 5,110 Bars - Cold Finished 5,033 22,205 7,309 31,419 Oil Country Goods (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,840 58,333 13,105 82,814 Wire Drawn 3,418 16,993 3,804 18,047 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,137 3,879 5,914 7,050 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,037 101,594 40,174 118,583 Strip - Hot Rolled 312 942 514 1,810 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,895 11,239 3,944 15,423 -------------------------------------------------------------- September Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 880,762 4,419,548 755,513 2,590,319 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,876 55,428 13,671 34,296 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 86,039 437,323 85,087 255,502 Wire Rods 20,567 101,383 18,186 50,636 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,411 14,416 1,743 6,351 Plates Cut Lengths 70,024 409,912 40,333 161,705 Plates In Coils 40,971 234,332 27,115 77,787 Bars - Hot Rolled 21,696 118,749 16,392 75,606 Bars - Light Shaped 4,086 21,654 7,632 23,518 Bars - Cold Finished 64,230 363,807 61,601 242,291 Oil Country Goods 56,868 164,624 (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 35 184 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 23,360 25,880 (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,170 19,394 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 124,530 911,408 99,719 567,353 Wire Drawn 32,485 212,646 32,564 146,979 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,644 34,833 19,281 27,529 Sheets Cold Rolled 254,950 1,122,242 300,712 797,685 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,471 10,126 2,395 6,726 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,347 161,207 29,083 116,356 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.