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
                                           

                                January 2008            December 2007
                                Final                   Final
Commodity
Grouping                        Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Selected Commodities            82,545     403,508      73,415     351,236

Ingots And Steel For Castings          2,051       7,448       1,542       6,307
Blooms, Billets And Slabs              8,757      42,446       7,924      35,346
Wire Rods                              1,965       8,906       1,631       7,410
Structural Shapes Heavy                   92         460          66         484
Plates Cut Lengths                     5,067      26,167       5,292      30,616
Plates In Coils                          803       4,612         721       3,370
Bars - Hot Rolled                      2,410      13,795       2,640      15,596
Bars - Light Shaped                      539       2,688         495       2,517
Bars - Cold Finished                   5,929      32,409       6,673      38,700
Oil Country Goods                      3,831      14,025       3,245      16,053
Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete           1           3          60         150
Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet         533       1,343       1,194       1,669
Line Pipe - Not Specified                (-)         (-)          49         154
Stainless Pipe & Tubing               10,859      88,442       9,495      71,188
Wire Drawn                             3,054      19,276       2,942      17,924
Sheets Hot Rolled                      1,381       2,501       2,059       3,591
Sheets Cold Rolled                    31,398     115,103      24,426      84,666
Strip - Hot Rolled                       185         878          82         440
Strip - Cold Rolled                    3,687      23,008       2,879      15,057
                                          
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                                January 2007            December 2006
Commodity                       Final                   Final
Grouping                        Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Selected Commodities            92,586     419,955      89,301     396,117

Ingots And Steel For Castings            636       2,680       1,799       5,726
Blooms, Billets And Slabs              8,488      38,526      10,849      43,179
Wire Rods                              2,535      10,336       2,897      11,393
Structural Shapes Heavy                  341       1,709         390       1,643
Plates Cut Lengths                     6,644      32,826       6,626      29,887
Plates In Coils                        4,992      22,445       4,950      23,152
Bars - Hot Rolled                      3,381      16,076       3,530      14,395
Bars - Light Shaped                      633       3,037         731       3,223
Bars - Cold Finished                   7,615      37,170       6,971      34,938
Oil Country Goods                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Line Pipe - Not Specified                (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Stainless Pipe & Tubing               16,778      98,571      13,976      88,728
Wire Drawn                             4,249      21,942       3,928      21,148
Sheets Hot Rolled                      1,437       3,472       1,231       2,342
Sheets Cold Rolled                    30,979     110,940      28,131     100,010
Strip - Hot Rolled                       849       3,698         431       2,242
Strip - Cold Rolled                    3,028      16,529       2,860      14,113
                                           

SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for
Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2008.
For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.