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 December 2007 November 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,031 345,876 73,723 356,249 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,542 6,307 1,373 4,590 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,876 35,111 9,792 44,324 Wire Rods 1,631 7,410 1,610 6,797 Structural Shapes Heavy 66 484 118 757 Plates Cut Lengths 5,281 30,531 6,227 30,028 Plates In Coils 721 3,370 762 3,427 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,621 15,208 1,988 9,625 Bars - Light Shaped 495 2,517 674 3,338 Bars - Cold Finished 6,642 38,510 6,119 31,424 Oil Country Goods 3,245 16,053 3,268 15,146 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 60 150 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 386 651 2,092 3,868 Line Pipe - Not Specified 49 154 64 65 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,486 71,128 10,754 91,037 Wire Drawn 2,941 17,912 3,137 19,108 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,959 3,387 1,838 5,163 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,217 82,188 20,941 71,411 Strip - Hot Rolled 82 440 170 845 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,731 14,368 2,798 15,294 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,794 361,297 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,373 4,590 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,908 44,894 Wire Rods 1,610 6,797 Structural Shapes Heavy 118 757 Plates Cut Lengths 6,570 32,700 Plates In Coils 762 3,427 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,007 9,780 Bars - Light Shaped 674 3,338 Bars - Cold Finished 6,158 31,639 Oil Country Goods 3,268 15,146 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 767 2,399 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,026 92,428 Wire Drawn 3,137 19,108 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,838 5,163 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,608 72,986 Strip - Hot Rolled 172 850 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,798 15,294 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2006 November 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 89,301 396,117 94,272 408,069 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,799 5,726 489 1,700 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,849 43,179 7,282 32,340 Wire Rods 2,897 11,393 2,737 10,165 Structural Shapes Heavy 390 1,643 333 1,601 Plates Cut Lengths 6,626 29,887 7,046 34,492 Plates In Coils 4,950 23,152 6,633 25,945 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,530 14,395 2,917 13,865 Bars - Light Shaped 731 3,223 587 2,551 Bars - Cold Finished 6,971 34,938 8,418 40,257 Oil Country Goods (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,976 88,728 15,329 90,593 Wire Drawn 3,928 21,148 3,628 19,691 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,231 2,342 3,174 8,579 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,131 100,010 32,119 108,686 Strip - Hot Rolled 431 2,242 403 1,769 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,860 14,113 3,175 15,834 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 December 2007 (CB-08-15)