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 December 2008 November 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 59,522 289,315 73,141 342,230 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,143 3,737 2,267 7,871 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,691 30,976 7,317 28,607 Wire Rods 822 2,922 2,110 7,064 Structural Shapes Heavy 74 368 138 596 Plates Cut Lengths 3,016 14,599 4,403 20,685 Plates In Coils 816 2,715 1,283 5,935 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,430 7,932 1,855 11,922 Bars - Light Shaped 318 1,387 750 3,644 Bars - Cold Finished 5,637 30,671 6,282 36,548 Oil Country Goods 10,781 44,369 11,502 32,711 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 11 119 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 240 612 699 1,225 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4 41 1 3 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,486 83,558 10,167 90,030 Wire Drawn 2,217 12,959 3,047 17,978 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,763 3,582 2,204 4,195 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,773 36,681 16,116 55,871 Strip - Hot Rolled 7 30 22 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,305 12,176 2,967 17,108 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,709 351,118 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,276 7,907 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,355 28,889 Wire Rods 2,110 7,064 Structural Shapes Heavy 138 596 Plates Cut Lengths 4,528 21,094 Plates In Coils 1,347 6,071 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,870 11,959 Bars - Light Shaped 750 3,644 Bars - Cold Finished 6,330 36,960 Oil Country Goods 11,502 32,711 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 11 119 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 14 113 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,841 97,933 Wire Drawn 3,052 18,023 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,230 4,281 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,366 56,529 Strip - Hot Rolled 22 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,967 17,108 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2007 November 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 73,415 351,236 73,794 361,297 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,542 6,307 1,373 4,590 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,924 35,346 9,908 44,894 Wire Rods 1,631 7,410 1,610 6,797 Structural Shapes Heavy 66 484 118 757 Plates Cut Lengths 5,292 30,616 6,570 32,700 Plates In Coils 721 3,370 762 3,427 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,640 15,596 2,007 9,780 Bars - Light Shaped 495 2,517 674 3,338 Bars - Cold Finished 6,673 38,700 6,158 31,639 Oil Country Goods 3,245 16,053 3,268 15,146 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 60 150 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 1,194 1,669 767 2,399 Line Pipe - Not Specified 49 154 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,495 71,188 11,026 92,428 Wire Drawn 2,942 17,924 3,137 19,108 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,059 3,591 1,838 5,163 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,426 84,666 21,608 72,986 Strip - Hot Rolled 82 440 172 850 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,879 15,057 2,798 15,294 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 December 2008 (CB-09-14)