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 February 2008 January 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 85,604 401,967 81,462 400,943 Ingots And Steel For Castings 949 3,716 2,051 7,448 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,949 47,409 8,757 42,446 Wire Rods 1,783 7,782 1,965 8,906 Structural Shapes Heavy 189 926 92 460 Plates Cut Lengths 5,458 25,123 4,763 25,333 Plates In Coils 3,037 13,013 803 4,612 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,383 13,476 2,410 13,795 Bars - Light Shaped 600 3,906 539 2,688 Bars - Cold Finished 6,942 38,098 5,926 32,393 Oil Country Goods 2,440 11,453 3,081 12,966 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 2 6 1 3 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 396 1,721 515 1,204 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 77 55 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,636 69,928 10,859 88,442 Wire Drawn 3,058 18,788 3,054 19,276 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,044 4,533 1,362 2,417 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,967 123,397 31,398 115,103 Strip - Hot Rolled 162 805 185 878 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,612 17,888 3,623 22,520 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 82,545 403,508 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,051 7,448 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,757 42,446 Wire Rods 1,965 8,906 Structural Shapes Heavy 92 460 Plates Cut Lengths 5,067 26,167 Plates In Coils 803 4,612 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,410 13,795 Bars - Light Shaped 539 2,688 Bars - Cold Finished 5,929 32,409 Oil Country Goods 3,831 14,025 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1 3 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 533 1,343 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,859 88,442 Wire Drawn 3,054 19,276 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,381 2,501 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,398 115,103 Strip - Hot Rolled 185 878 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,687 23,008 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2007 January 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 92,562 389,769 92,586 419,955 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,257 3,977 636 2,680 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,897 41,875 8,488 38,526 Wire Rods 2,252 10,129 2,535 10,336 Structural Shapes Heavy 250 1,233 341 1,709 Plates Cut Lengths 5,624 30,457 6,644 32,826 Plates In Coils 3,688 16,495 4,992 22,445 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,984 8,950 3,381 16,076 Bars - Light Shaped 450 2,241 633 3,037 Bars - Cold Finished 6,676 34,186 7,615 37,170 Oil Country Goods 3,101 7,247 (-) (-) Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 6,081 5,470 (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 5,186 5,197 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,071 84,270 16,778 98,571 Wire Drawn 2,771 17,255 4,249 21,942 Sheets Hot Rolled 880 2,546 1,437 3,472 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,735 103,944 30,979 110,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 166 689 849 3,698 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,493 13,609 3,028 16,529 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 February 2008 (CB-08-48)