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 June 2008 May 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 86,741 463,128 90,797 460,830 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,380 4,580 843 3,315 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,814 42,929 8,327 38,502 Wire Rods 1,825 8,545 2,125 10,023 Structural Shapes Heavy 255 1,393 261 1,454 Plates Cut Lengths 5,687 29,579 6,024 30,813 Plates In Coils 2,523 13,102 2,547 12,307 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,630 17,086 2,814 17,708 Bars - Light Shaped 863 4,179 769 3,689 Bars - Cold Finished 7,870 48,040 6,690 41,522 Oil Country Goods 4,014 16,964 5,387 18,284 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 3 11 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 624 9,770 802 1,378 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 5 25 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,845 94,935 10,801 98,808 Wire Drawn 3,312 21,906 3,968 24,867 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,273 4,654 3,832 7,478 Sheets Cold Rolled 29,865 125,663 31,758 131,166 Strip - Hot Rolled 206 832 160 800 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,755 18,970 3,682 18,680 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 91,099 464,748 Ingots And Steel For Castings 843 3,315 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,327 38,502 Wire Rods 2,125 10,023 Structural Shapes Heavy 261 1,454 Plates Cut Lengths 6,086 31,059 Plates In Coils 2,737 12,880 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,816 17,724 Bars - Light Shaped 769 3,689 Bars - Cold Finished 6,811 42,385 Oil Country Goods 5,429 18,425 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 3 11 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 50 252 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5 25 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,943 99,849 Wire Drawn 3,971 24,887 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,862 7,590 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,195 133,056 Strip - Hot Rolled 160 800 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,707 18,821 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2007 May 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 115,299 617,797 107,690 542,252 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,455 7,281 1,230 5,460 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,930 65,977 10,028 55,886 Wire Rods 1,904 10,809 2,504 12,506 Structural Shapes Heavy 377 2,380 390 2,559 Plates Cut Lengths 10,158 59,785 8,582 48,167 Plates In Coils 8,571 55,162 3,917 23,228 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,685 15,090 2,950 17,383 Bars - Light Shaped 546 2,719 520 2,812 Bars - Cold Finished 7,308 43,350 7,107 40,613 Oil Country Goods 9,741 33,059 10,084 32,684 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 7 12 2 5 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 2,228 2,676 5,152 5,385 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,908 3,834 879 685 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,067 99,840 13,164 93,157 Wire Drawn 3,335 23,884 4,200 27,394 Sheets Hot Rolled 964 2,450 1,671 3,157 Sheets Cold Rolled 34,854 170,361 32,390 154,243 Strip - Hot Rolled 74 378 142 545 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,185 18,750 2,777 16,380 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 June 2008 (CB-08-110)