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 February 2009 January 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 42,440 174,818 61,588 272,615 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47 199 390 1,097 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,370 18,667 6,539 22,264 Wire Rods 584 1,854 998 3,501 Structural Shapes Heavy 73 408 165 1,056 Plates Cut Lengths 1,936 7,124 4,427 13,514 Plates In Coils 744 1,960 809 2,343 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,151 5,684 1,919 9,524 Bars - Light Shaped 204 713 493 2,426 Bars - Cold Finished 4,834 22,992 5,384 27,002 Oil Country Goods 5,307 13,500 9,706 39,801 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1 7 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 283 1,094 86 536 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,507 56,983 9,781 84,495 Wire Drawn 1,937 9,757 2,613 12,729 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,329 2,287 2,115 3,874 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,323 23,208 13,982 38,208 Strip - Hot Rolled 7 15 14 55 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,804 8,364 2,169 10,190 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,401 283,110 Ingots And Steel For Castings 390 1,097 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,543 22,402 Wire Rods 998 3,501 Structural Shapes Heavy 165 1,056 Plates Cut Lengths 4,428 13,529 Plates In Coils 809 2,343 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,919 9,524 Bars - Light Shaped 493 2,426 Bars - Cold Finished 5,389 27,023 Oil Country Goods 9,821 40,150 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 86 536 Line Pipe - Not Specified 462 7,419 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,989 86,965 Wire Drawn 2,613 12,729 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,115 3,874 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,995 38,265 Strip - Hot Rolled 14 55 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,175 10,216 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2008 January 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 86,742 406,436 82,545 403,508 Ingots And Steel For Castings 966 3,753 2,051 7,448 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,165 48,899 8,757 42,446 Wire Rods 1,783 7,782 1,965 8,906 Structural Shapes Heavy 189 926 92 460 Plates Cut Lengths 5,466 25,338 5,067 26,167 Plates In Coils 3,037 13,013 803 4,612 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,531 13,953 2,410 13,795 Bars - Light Shaped 600 3,906 539 2,688 Bars - Cold Finished 7,033 38,382 5,929 32,409 Oil Country Goods 2,440 11,453 3,831 14,025 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 2 6 1 3 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 416 1,875 533 1,343 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,676 70,183 10,859 88,442 Wire Drawn 3,058 18,788 3,054 19,276 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,044 4,533 1,381 2,501 Sheets Cold Rolled 33,553 124,915 31,398 115,103 Strip - Hot Rolled 162 805 185 878 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,620 17,926 3,687 23,008 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 February 2009 (CB-09-46)