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 June 2009 May 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 40,373 149,282 38,767 157,092 Ingots And Steel For Castings 563 1,380 657 1,838 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,528 15,178 4,733 11,682 Wire Rods 811 2,749 609 1,531 Structural Shapes Heavy 55 243 92 468 Plates Cut Lengths 1,734 5,509 1,075 3,696 Plates In Coils 1,012 2,472 1,637 4,055 Bars - Hot Rolled 765 3,244 1,660 7,752 Bars - Light Shaped 348 805 592 1,367 Bars - Cold Finished 3,717 15,828 4,443 19,150 Oil Country Goods 1,134 5,609 2,660 12,417 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) 3 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 38 224 19 100 Line Pipe - Not Specified 601 5,291 1 30 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,242 47,258 6,030 55,570 Wire Drawn 2,206 9,487 2,252 9,378 Sheets Hot Rolled 519 865 201 369 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,396 27,037 10,555 21,476 Strip - Hot Rolled 110 259 13 45 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,593 5,843 1,537 6,165 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 40,020 161,891 Ingots And Steel For Castings 657 1,838 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,067 12,417 Wire Rods 609 1,531 Structural Shapes Heavy 92 468 Plates Cut Lengths 1,106 3,753 Plates In Coils 1,697 4,200 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,668 7,769 Bars - Light Shaped 592 1,367 Bars - Cold Finished 4,459 19,225 Oil Country Goods 2,672 12,697 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) 3 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 68 397 Line Pipe - Not Specified 227 1,431 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,041 55,583 Wire Drawn 2,252 9,378 Sheets Hot Rolled 239 446 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,961 22,937 Strip - Hot Rolled 13 45 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,601 6,407 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2008 May 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 87,186 465,407 91,099 464,748 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,380 4,580 843 3,315 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,814 42,929 8,327 38,502 Wire Rods 1,825 8,545 2,125 10,023 Structural Shapes Heavy 255 1,393 261 1,454 Plates Cut Lengths 5,687 29,579 6,086 31,059 Plates In Coils 2,523 13,102 2,737 12,880 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,630 17,086 2,816 17,724 Bars - Light Shaped 863 4,179 769 3,689 Bars - Cold Finished 8,015 48,615 6,811 42,385 Oil Country Goods 4,014 16,964 5,429 18,425 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 3 11 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 624 9,770 50 252 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 5 25 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,845 94,935 10,943 99,849 Wire Drawn 3,312 21,906 3,971 24,887 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,273 4,654 3,862 7,590 Sheets Cold Rolled 30,157 127,335 32,195 133,056 Strip - Hot Rolled 206 832 160 800 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,764 19,002 3,707 18,821 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 June 2009 (CB-09-115)