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 April 2009 March 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 41,025 176,533 50,859 208,769 Ingots And Steel For Castings 297 601 1,284 2,368 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,582 12,678 4,880 14,217 Wire Rods 1,015 3,266 685 1,930 Structural Shapes Heavy 97 302 107 556 Plates Cut Lengths 1,177 4,490 1,121 3,442 Plates In Coils 1,342 3,369 368 1,053 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,693 6,497 1,632 6,774 Bars - Light Shaped 448 1,098 680 2,470 Bars - Cold Finished 4,780 22,102 5,514 25,381 Oil Country Goods 3,171 16,205 6,893 23,033 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 21 230 12 52 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 125 681 6 40 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 17 386 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,165 64,351 11,492 80,503 Wire Drawn 2,131 9,217 2,096 10,364 Sheets Hot Rolled 746 1,096 1,235 2,214 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,375 22,699 10,374 23,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 87 455 27 79 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,774 7,193 2,435 10,603 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 47,233 206,098 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,284 2,368 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,880 14,217 Wire Rods 685 1,930 Structural Shapes Heavy 107 556 Plates Cut Lengths 1,121 3,442 Plates In Coils 368 1,053 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,632 6,774 Bars - Light Shaped 680 2,470 Bars - Cold Finished 5,514 25,381 Oil Country Goods 6,893 23,033 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 12 52 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 6 40 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 386 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,845 77,647 Wire Drawn 2,096 10,364 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,235 2,214 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,375 23,309 Strip - Hot Rolled 27 79 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,457 10,784 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2008 March 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 91,279 449,007 88,480 435,597 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,102 6,953 1,471 5,726 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,671 39,522 9,212 41,328 Wire Rods 2,763 12,043 1,853 8,595 Structural Shapes Heavy 166 1,014 103 484 Plates Cut Lengths 4,497 23,787 6,007 29,240 Plates In Coils 2,175 10,194 1,437 6,793 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,761 15,504 3,597 17,793 Bars - Light Shaped 575 3,013 710 4,243 Bars - Cold Finished 7,777 46,069 6,847 40,729 Oil Country Goods 2,428 9,967 2,182 7,904 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 25 163 1 9 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 625 2,582 35 188 Line Pipe - Not Specified 90 586 14 89 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,603 91,608 11,281 95,987 Wire Drawn 3,675 22,378 3,215 21,057 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,813 5,898 4,220 10,007 Sheets Cold Rolled 35,160 141,408 32,751 127,505 Strip - Hot Rolled 156 728 394 1,955 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,218 15,591 3,151 15,965 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 April 2009 (CB-09-78)