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 January 2009 December 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 61,588 272,615 59,522 289,315 Ingots And Steel For Castings 390 1,097 1,143 3,737 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,539 22,264 7,691 30,976 Wire Rods 998 3,501 822 2,922 Structural Shapes Heavy 165 1,056 74 368 Plates Cut Lengths 4,427 13,514 3,016 14,599 Plates In Coils 809 2,343 816 2,715 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,919 9,524 1,430 7,932 Bars - Light Shaped 493 2,426 318 1,387 Bars - Cold Finished 5,384 27,002 5,637 30,671 Oil Country Goods 9,706 39,801 10,781 44,369 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 86 536 240 612 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 4 41 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,781 84,495 9,486 83,558 Wire Drawn 2,613 12,729 2,217 12,959 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,115 3,874 1,763 3,582 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,982 38,208 11,773 36,681 Strip - Hot Rolled 14 55 7 30 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,169 10,190 2,305 12,176 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 59,969 293,723 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,143 3,737 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,728 31,165 Wire Rods 822 2,922 Structural Shapes Heavy 74 368 Plates Cut Lengths 3,133 14,915 Plates In Coils 829 2,741 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,430 7,932 Bars - Light Shaped 318 1,387 Bars - Cold Finished 5,637 30,671 Oil Country Goods 10,784 44,533 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 51 349 Line Pipe - Not Specified 161 2,952 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,568 84,053 Wire Drawn 2,217 12,959 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,763 3,582 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,992 37,224 Strip - Hot Rolled 7 30 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,311 12,202 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2008 December 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 82,545 403,508 73,415 351,236 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,051 7,448 1,542 6,307 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,757 42,446 7,924 35,346 Wire Rods 1,965 8,906 1,631 7,410 Structural Shapes Heavy 92 460 66 484 Plates Cut Lengths 5,067 26,167 5,292 30,616 Plates In Coils 803 4,612 721 3,370 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,410 13,795 2,640 15,596 Bars - Light Shaped 539 2,688 495 2,517 Bars - Cold Finished 5,929 32,409 6,673 38,700 Oil Country Goods 3,831 14,025 3,245 16,053 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1 3 60 150 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 533 1,343 1,194 1,669 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 49 154 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,859 88,442 9,495 71,188 Wire Drawn 3,054 19,276 2,942 17,924 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,381 2,501 2,059 3,591 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,398 115,103 24,426 84,666 Strip - Hot Rolled 185 878 82 440 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,687 23,008 2,879 15,057 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 January 2009 (CB-09-26)