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 May 2008 April 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 90,797 460,830 91,115 448,354 Ingots And Steel For Castings 843 3,315 2,102 6,953 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,327 38,502 8,671 39,522 Wire Rods 2,125 10,023 2,763 12,043 Structural Shapes Heavy 261 1,454 166 1,014 Plates Cut Lengths 6,024 30,813 4,497 23,787 Plates In Coils 2,547 12,307 2,175 10,194 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,814 17,708 2,761 15,504 Bars - Light Shaped 769 3,689 575 3,013 Bars - Cold Finished 6,690 41,522 7,777 46,069 Oil Country Goods 5,387 18,284 2,428 9,967 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 3 11 6 81 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 802 1,378 625 2,582 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5 25 90 586 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,801 98,808 11,603 91,608 Wire Drawn 3,968 24,867 3,675 22,378 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,832 7,478 2,692 5,440 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,758 131,166 35,135 141,295 Strip - Hot Rolled 160 800 156 728 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,682 18,680 3,218 15,591 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 91,279 449,007 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,102 6,953 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,671 39,522 Wire Rods 2,763 12,043 Structural Shapes Heavy 166 1,014 Plates Cut Lengths 4,497 23,787 Plates In Coils 2,175 10,194 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,761 15,504 Bars - Light Shaped 575 3,013 Bars - Cold Finished 7,777 46,069 Oil Country Goods 2,428 9,967 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 25 163 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 625 2,582 Line Pipe - Not Specified 90 586 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,603 91,608 Wire Drawn 3,675 22,378 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,813 5,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 35,160 141,408 Strip - Hot Rolled 156 728 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,218 15,591 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2007 April 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 107,690 542,252 96,022 471,030 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,230 5,460 1,878 8,349 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,028 55,886 8,698 43,005 Wire Rods 2,504 12,506 2,137 9,883 Structural Shapes Heavy 390 2,559 164 849 Plates Cut Lengths 8,582 48,167 5,574 31,076 Plates In Coils 3,917 23,228 3,475 19,629 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,950 17,383 2,848 13,868 Bars - Light Shaped 520 2,812 381 2,015 Bars - Cold Finished 7,107 40,613 6,915 38,747 Oil Country Goods 10,084 32,684 8,288 23,965 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 2 5 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 5,152 5,385 3,087 3,480 Line Pipe - Not Specified 879 685 2,465 2,413 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,164 93,157 13,920 100,675 Wire Drawn 4,200 27,394 3,610 23,073 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,671 3,157 992 2,509 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,390 154,243 28,017 125,450 Strip - Hot Rolled 142 545 237 821 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,777 16,380 3,337 21,223 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 May 2008 (CB-08-94)