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 May 2009 April 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 38,767 157,092 41,025 176,533 Ingots And Steel For Castings 657 1,838 297 601 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,733 11,682 4,582 12,678 Wire Rods 609 1,531 1,015 3,266 Structural Shapes Heavy 92 468 97 302 Plates Cut Lengths 1,075 3,696 1,177 4,490 Plates In Coils 1,637 4,055 1,342 3,369 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,660 7,752 1,693 6,497 Bars - Light Shaped 592 1,367 448 1,098 Bars - Cold Finished 4,443 19,150 4,780 22,102 Oil Country Goods 2,660 12,417 3,171 16,205 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) 3 21 230 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19 100 125 681 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 30 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,030 55,570 7,165 64,351 Wire Drawn 2,252 9,378 2,131 9,217 Sheets Hot Rolled 201 369 746 1,096 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,555 21,476 10,375 22,699 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 45 87 455 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,537 6,165 1,774 7,193 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 42,043 178,993 Ingots And Steel For Castings 297 601 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,587 12,726 Wire Rods 1,015 3,266 Structural Shapes Heavy 95 302 Plates Cut Lengths 1,237 4,838 Plates In Coils 1,360 3,413 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,693 6,522 Bars - Light Shaped 448 1,098 Bars - Cold Finished 4,780 22,102 Oil Country Goods 3,188 16,318 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 21 230 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 125 681 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,166 64,362 Wire Drawn 2,134 9,273 Sheets Hot Rolled 746 1,096 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,269 24,404 Strip - Hot Rolled 87 455 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,795 7,305 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2008 April 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 91,099 464,748 91,279 449,007 Ingots And Steel For Castings 843 3,315 2,102 6,953 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,327 38,502 8,671 39,522 Wire Rods 2,125 10,023 2,763 12,043 Structural Shapes Heavy 261 1,454 166 1,014 Plates Cut Lengths 6,086 31,059 4,497 23,787 Plates In Coils 2,737 12,880 2,175 10,194 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,816 17,724 2,761 15,504 Bars - Light Shaped 769 3,689 575 3,013 Bars - Cold Finished 6,811 42,385 7,777 46,069 Oil Country Goods 5,429 18,425 2,428 9,967 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 3 11 25 163 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 50 252 625 2,582 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5 25 90 586 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,943 99,849 11,603 91,608 Wire Drawn 3,971 24,887 3,675 22,378 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,862 7,590 2,813 5,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,195 133,056 35,160 141,408 Strip - Hot Rolled 160 800 156 728 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,707 18,821 3,218 15,591 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 May 2009 (CB-09-94)