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 March 2008 February 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 87,705 429,176 85,604 401,967 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,437 5,612 949 3,716 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,212 41,328 10,949 47,409 Wire Rods 1,842 8,567 1,783 7,782 Structural Shapes Heavy 103 484 189 926 Plates Cut Lengths 5,183 26,094 5,458 25,123 Plates In Coils 1,437 6,793 3,037 13,013 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,590 17,755 2,383 13,476 Bars - Light Shaped 710 4,243 600 3,906 Bars - Cold Finished 6,681 39,641 6,942 38,098 Oil Country Goods 2,125 7,771 2,440 11,453 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1 9 2 6 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 866 1,089 396 1,721 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14 89 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,156 95,158 8,636 69,928 Wire Drawn 3,186 20,770 3,058 18,788 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,155 9,790 2,044 4,533 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,639 127,043 32,967 123,397 Strip - Hot Rolled 267 1,359 162 805 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,103 15,582 3,612 17,888 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 86,742 406,436 Ingots And Steel For Castings 966 3,753 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,165 48,899 Wire Rods 1,783 7,782 Structural Shapes Heavy 189 926 Plates Cut Lengths 5,466 25,338 Plates In Coils 3,037 13,013 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,531 13,953 Bars - Light Shaped 600 3,906 Bars - Cold Finished 7,033 38,382 Oil Country Goods 2,440 11,453 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 2 6 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 416 1,875 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,676 70,183 Wire Drawn 3,058 18,788 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,044 4,533 Sheets Cold Rolled 33,553 124,915 Strip - Hot Rolled 162 805 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,620 17,926 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2007 February 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 103,833 475,925 92,562 389,769 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,404 8,501 1,257 3,977 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,357 53,234 9,897 41,875 Wire Rods 2,531 11,716 2,252 10,129 Structural Shapes Heavy 257 1,490 250 1,233 Plates Cut Lengths 7,940 44,457 5,624 30,457 Plates In Coils 2,984 15,919 3,688 16,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,847 15,501 1,984 8,950 Bars - Light Shaped 419 2,054 450 2,241 Bars - Cold Finished 8,066 40,456 6,676 34,186 Oil Country Goods 9,718 19,359 3,101 7,247 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 18 128 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 2,576 2,886 6,081 5,470 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,352 3,597 5,186 5,197 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,384 100,371 13,071 84,270 Wire Drawn 3,764 23,298 2,771 17,255 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,470 4,670 880 2,546 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,141 107,628 26,735 103,944 Strip - Hot Rolled 540 2,574 166 689 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,067 18,084 2,493 13,609 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 March 2008 (CB-08-62)