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 March 2009 February 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 50,859 208,769 42,440 174,818 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,284 2,368 47 199 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,880 14,217 6,370 18,667 Wire Rods 685 1,930 584 1,854 Structural Shapes Heavy 107 556 73 408 Plates Cut Lengths 1,121 3,442 1,936 7,124 Plates In Coils 368 1,053 744 1,960 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,632 6,774 1,151 5,684 Bars - Light Shaped 680 2,470 204 713 Bars - Cold Finished 5,514 25,381 4,834 22,992 Oil Country Goods 6,893 23,033 5,307 13,500 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 12 52 1 7 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 6 40 283 1,094 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 386 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,492 80,503 6,507 56,983 Wire Drawn 2,096 10,364 1,937 9,757 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,235 2,214 1,329 2,287 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,374 23,305 9,323 23,208 Strip - Hot Rolled 27 79 7 15 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,435 10,603 1,804 8,364 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 43,412 178,065 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47 199 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,057 20,423 Wire Rods 584 1,854 Structural Shapes Heavy 73 408 Plates Cut Lengths 1,936 7,124 Plates In Coils 766 2,017 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,151 5,684 Bars - Light Shaped 204 713 Bars - Cold Finished 4,834 22,992 Oil Country Goods 5,340 13,764 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1 7 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 283 1,094 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,542 57,455 Wire Drawn 1,944 9,790 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,336 2,340 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,496 23,698 Strip - Hot Rolled 7 15 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,811 8,487 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2008 February 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 88,480 435,597 86,742 406,436 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,471 5,726 966 3,753 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,212 41,328 11,165 48,899 Wire Rods 1,853 8,595 1,783 7,782 Structural Shapes Heavy 103 484 189 926 Plates Cut Lengths 6,007 29,240 5,466 25,338 Plates In Coils 1,437 6,793 3,037 13,013 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,597 17,793 2,531 13,953 Bars - Light Shaped 710 4,243 600 3,906 Bars - Cold Finished 6,847 40,729 7,033 38,382 Oil Country Goods 2,182 7,904 2,440 11,453 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1 9 2 6 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 35 188 416 1,875 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14 89 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,281 95,987 8,676 70,183 Wire Drawn 3,215 21,057 3,058 18,788 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,220 10,007 2,044 4,533 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,751 127,505 33,553 124,915 Strip - Hot Rolled 394 1,955 162 805 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,151 15,965 3,620 17,926 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 March 2009 (CB-09-63)