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 July 2009 June 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 41,391 164,081 40,373 149,282 Ingots And Steel For Castings 836 2,211 563 1,380 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,913 10,313 5,528 15,178 Wire Rods 1,172 2,760 811 2,749 Structural Shapes Heavy 57 247 55 243 Plates Cut Lengths 2,047 5,514 1,734 5,509 Plates In Coils 881 2,590 1,012 2,472 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,098 5,109 765 3,244 Bars - Light Shaped 351 838 348 805 Bars - Cold Finished 4,117 16,511 3,717 15,828 Oil Country Goods 1,546 15,885 1,134 5,609 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 500 2,173 38 224 Line Pipe - Not Specified 37 785 601 5,291 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,972 51,487 6,242 47,258 Wire Drawn 2,327 9,096 2,206 9,487 Sheets Hot Rolled 591 1,082 519 865 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,617 29,755 13,396 27,037 Strip - Hot Rolled 373 693 110 259 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,955 7,031 1,593 5,843 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 40,521 149,600 Ingots And Steel For Castings 563 1,380 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,528 15,178 Wire Rods 811 2,749 Structural Shapes Heavy 55 243 Plates Cut Lengths 1,742 5,613 Plates In Coils 1,012 2,472 Bars - Hot Rolled 766 3,251 Bars - Light Shaped 348 805 Bars - Cold Finished 3,721 15,854 Oil Country Goods 1,134 5,609 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 38 224 Line Pipe - Not Specified 601 5,291 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,243 47,265 Wire Drawn 2,206 9,487 Sheets Hot Rolled 528 882 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,521 27,191 Strip - Hot Rolled 110 259 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,593 5,847 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2008 June 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 95,947 497,549 87,186 465,407 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,653 12,399 1,380 4,580 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,769 47,215 8,814 42,929 Wire Rods 2,790 12,811 1,825 8,545 Structural Shapes Heavy 541 3,092 255 1,393 Plates Cut Lengths 5,780 33,154 5,687 29,579 Plates In Coils 4,080 19,852 2,523 13,102 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,211 19,481 2,630 17,086 Bars - Light Shaped 954 4,815 863 4,179 Bars - Cold Finished 8,278 54,873 8,015 48,615 Oil Country Goods 4,657 12,049 4,014 16,964 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 24 116 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 11 54 624 9,770 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145 1,184 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,838 94,436 10,845 94,935 Wire Drawn 3,202 21,360 3,312 21,906 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,096 5,252 2,273 4,654 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,182 132,140 30,157 127,335 Strip - Hot Rolled 65 416 206 832 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,671 22,852 3,764 19,002 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 July 2009 (CB-09-129)