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 October 2008 September 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 78,812 383,401 73,330 362,125 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,458 6,107 928 3,883 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,215 41,274 6,524 28,090 Wire Rods 1,914 7,932 1,860 7,782 Structural Shapes Heavy 174 841 146 793 Plates Cut Lengths 4,239 18,218 4,701 20,904 Plates In Coils 1,607 8,524 2,272 10,741 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,942 17,395 2,396 13,526 Bars - Light Shaped 604 2,810 894 4,393 Bars - Cold Finished 5,966 35,983 5,942 34,121 Oil Country Goods 6,739 23,930 4,775 21,507 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 39 187 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 10 93 610 1,290 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,448 91,736 12,677 94,324 Wire Drawn 3,151 20,271 3,054 19,006 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,508 5,285 2,285 4,763 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,952 87,065 21,040 80,858 Strip - Hot Rolled 33 91 148 860 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,853 15,845 3,039 15,098 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,084 363,286 Ingots And Steel For Castings 928 3,883 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,550 28,276 Wire Rods 1,860 7,782 Structural Shapes Heavy 146 793 Plates Cut Lengths 4,511 20,904 Plates In Coils 2,274 10,754 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,396 13,526 Bars - Light Shaped 894 4,393 Bars - Cold Finished 6,135 35,145 Oil Country Goods 5,023 23,133 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 39 187 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 92 646 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,346 91,828 Wire Drawn 3,086 19,210 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,285 4,763 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,154 81,358 Strip - Hot Rolled 148 860 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,218 15,845 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2007 September 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 75,277 406,720 76,037 396,940 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,680 7,401 155 451 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,809 36,842 7,647 36,653 Wire Rods 1,690 8,072 2,089 10,959 Structural Shapes Heavy 128 853 156 992 Plates Cut Lengths 4,393 23,972 6,335 37,608 Plates In Coils 2,513 12,598 3,062 15,240 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,768 16,392 1,185 7,193 Bars - Light Shaped 319 1,692 284 1,567 Bars - Cold Finished 7,428 45,893 5,757 34,767 Oil Country Goods 3,798 17,906 4,090 13,758 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 28 100 6 14 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 270 1,131 820 1,098 Line Pipe - Not Specified 407 1,710 16 163 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,025 106,823 12,871 95,514 Wire Drawn 3,638 22,968 3,112 20,686 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,580 3,480 2,299 4,986 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,089 80,396 22,667 98,574 Strip - Hot Rolled 95 506 235 759 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,617 17,984 3,251 15,961 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 October 2008 (CB-08-169)