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 September 2007 August 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,158 382,651 94,718 530,846 Ingots And Steel For Castings 155 451 1,425 8,009 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,357 34,462 9,469 47,619 Wire Rods 2,051 10,873 2,089 10,862 Structural Shapes Heavy 156 992 271 1,841 Plates Cut Lengths 6,225 37,089 9,660 66,099 Plates In Coils 2,852 14,347 3,994 27,847 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,167 7,108 1,913 12,222 Bars - Light Shaped 284 1,567 383 1,948 Bars - Cold Finished 5,643 34,052 7,517 47,880 Oil Country Goods 3,280 7,873 6,679 20,657 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 6 14 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 923 1,194 2,229 3,181 Line Pipe - Not Specified 948 1,130 1,655 1,885 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,832 92,575 13,850 117,524 Wire Drawn 3,070 20,276 3,848 27,309 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,299 4,986 2,813 6,396 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,590 98,061 23,410 109,922 Strip - Hot Rolled 235 759 71 330 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,084 14,842 3,442 19,315 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 96,042 540,803 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,425 8,009 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,642 48,623 Wire Rods 2,089 10,862 Structural Shapes Heavy 302 2,126 Plates Cut Lengths 9,660 66,099 Plates In Coils 3,994 27,847 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,960 12,452 Bars - Light Shaped 386 1,955 Bars - Cold Finished 7,645 48,723 Oil Country Goods 7,743 24,641 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 1,850 2,838 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,439 1,688 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 14,176 120,945 Wire Drawn 3,935 27,826 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,824 6,456 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,450 110,032 Strip - Hot Rolled 71 330 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,450 19,353 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2006 August 2006 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 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2007 (CB-07-147)