Exhibit 2B: 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 2009 December 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 991,392 4,953,777 1,103,248 5,538,800 Ingots And Steel For Castings 20,110 78,040 17,471 73,727 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 103,925 467,577 111,680 554,404 Wire Rods 23,444 101,997 25,499 123,661 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,377 12,653 2,723 16,510 Plates Cut Lengths 60,291 298,497 86,279 497,200 Plates In Coils 24,509 117,743 44,966 253,727 Bars - Hot Rolled 31,657 185,037 29,112 160,517 Bars - Light Shaped 8,549 43,417 5,574 29,201 Bars - Cold Finished 81,726 483,131 84,490 480,039 Oil Country Goods 64,111 235,278 67,180 213,729 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 122 793 122 434 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 2,950 18,020 25,591 31,079 Line Pipe - Not Specified 414 4,837 20,626 21,258 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 127,233 1,101,960 157,077 1,181,847 Wire Drawn 38,923 244,747 42,202 272,644 Sheets Hot Rolled 30,829 65,036 20,121 47,068 Sheets Cold Rolled 327,382 1,272,895 322,074 1,360,290 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,604 7,863 2,820 11,922 Strip - Cold Rolled 41,235 214,258 37,641 209,542 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)