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 August 2009 July 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 36,761 130,849 41,391 164,081 Ingots And Steel For Castings 752 2,266 836 2,211 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,226 11,466 3,913 10,313 Wire Rods 696 1,729 1,172 2,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 138 446 57 247 Plates Cut Lengths 1,706 4,892 2,047 5,514 Plates In Coils 191 390 881 2,590 Bars - Hot Rolled 947 3,631 1,098 5,109 Bars - Light Shaped 508 1,366 351 838 Bars - Cold Finished 3,072 13,953 4,117 16,511 Oil Country Goods 1,249 6,010 1,546 15,885 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 24 223 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 41 409 500 2,173 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15 125 37 785 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,332 38,764 5,972 51,487 Wire Drawn 2,082 8,295 2,327 9,096 Sheets Hot Rolled 522 1,008 591 1,082 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,362 28,519 13,617 29,755 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 93 373 693 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,863 7,266 1,955 7,031 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 42,296 174,164 Ingots And Steel For Castings 839 2,226 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,300 11,155 Wire Rods 1,172 2,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 57 247 Plates Cut Lengths 2,047 5,514 Plates In Coils 892 2,608 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,098 5,109 Bars - Light Shaped 351 838 Bars - Cold Finished 4,117 16,511 Oil Country Goods 1,546 15,885 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 503 2,192 Line Pipe - Not Specified 226 2,026 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,209 59,163 Wire Drawn 2,339 9,152 Sheets Hot Rolled 591 1,082 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,647 29,901 Strip - Hot Rolled 373 693 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,988 7,104 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2008 July 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 83,871 431,618 95,947 497,549 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,839 12,232 2,653 12,399 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,594 36,598 9,769 47,215 Wire Rods 1,617 7,528 2,790 12,811 Structural Shapes Heavy 236 1,232 541 3,092 Plates Cut Lengths 5,191 24,511 5,780 33,154 Plates In Coils 1,622 9,126 4,080 19,852 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,064 18,886 3,211 19,481 Bars - Light Shaped 972 4,651 954 4,815 Bars - Cold Finished 6,852 40,134 8,278 54,873 Oil Country Goods 5,081 20,183 4,657 12,049 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 16 179 24 116 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 487 754 11 54 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 145 1,184 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,725 99,111 10,838 94,436 Wire Drawn 3,844 24,163 3,202 21,360 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,124 6,326 2,096 5,252 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,451 105,575 32,182 132,140 Strip - Hot Rolled 90 387 65 416 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,064 20,042 4,671 22,852 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 August 2009 (CB-09-146)