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 November 2008 October 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,141 342,230 78,812 383,401 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,267 7,871 1,458 6,107 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,317 28,607 11,215 41,274 Wire Rods 2,110 7,064 1,914 7,932 Structural Shapes Heavy 138 596 174 841 Plates Cut Lengths 4,403 20,685 4,239 18,218 Plates In Coils 1,283 5,935 1,607 8,524 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,855 11,922 2,942 17,395 Bars - Light Shaped 750 3,644 604 2,810 Bars - Cold Finished 6,282 36,548 5,966 35,983 Oil Country Goods 11,502 32,711 6,739 23,930 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 11 119 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 699 1,225 10 93 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 3 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,167 90,030 10,448 91,736 Wire Drawn 3,047 17,978 3,151 20,271 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,204 4,195 2,508 5,285 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,116 55,871 22,952 87,065 Strip - Hot Rolled 22 117 33 91 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,967 17,108 2,853 15,845 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 79,481 391,779 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,458 6,107 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,982 41,809 Wire Rods 1,931 7,997 Structural Shapes Heavy 174 841 Plates Cut Lengths 4,339 18,749 Plates In Coils 1,647 8,605 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,942 17,398 Bars - Light Shaped 604 2,810 Bars - Cold Finished 6,082 36,760 Oil Country Goods 6,739 23,930 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 10 93 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,707 93,594 Wire Drawn 3,236 20,740 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,738 5,648 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,023 90,746 Strip - Hot Rolled 11 54 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,858 15,898 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2007 October 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,794 361,297 75,277 406,720 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,373 4,590 1,680 7,401 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,908 44,894 7,809 36,842 Wire Rods 1,610 6,797 1,690 8,072 Structural Shapes Heavy 118 757 128 853 Plates Cut Lengths 6,570 32,700 4,393 23,972 Plates In Coils 762 3,427 2,513 12,598 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,007 9,780 2,768 16,392 Bars - Light Shaped 674 3,338 319 1,692 Bars - Cold Finished 6,158 31,639 7,428 45,893 Oil Country Goods 3,268 15,146 3,798 17,906 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 28 100 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 767 2,399 270 1,131 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 407 1,710 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,026 92,428 12,025 106,823 Wire Drawn 3,137 19,108 3,638 22,968 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,838 5,163 1,580 3,480 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,608 72,986 21,089 80,396 Strip - Hot Rolled 172 850 95 506 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,798 15,294 3,617 17,984 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 November 2008 (CB-08-186)