Exhibit 2B: 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 July 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 317,925 1,331,922 623,278 3,122,253 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,077 9,710 11,466 44,174 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 37,961 108,517 64,715 300,840 Wire Rods 5,874 17,592 15,103 68,704 Structural Shapes Heavy 644 3,280 1,608 8,822 Plates Cut Lengths 13,616 43,813 38,590 198,324 Plates In Coils 6,905 18,105 16,791 80,445 Bars - Hot Rolled 9,926 44,633 19,955 115,336 Bars - Light Shaped 3,118 9,717 5,011 26,532 Bars - Cold Finished 32,815 149,087 50,690 303,462 Oil Country Goods 30,594 127,455 24,981 90,788 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 34 292 56 308 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 1,109 5,164 2,294 16,064 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,533 16,552 253 1,885 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 50,035 448,440 75,046 635,440 Wire Drawn 15,584 70,172 23,488 149,651 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,790 11,934 18,690 40,436 Sheets Cold Rolled 83,262 189,706 227,395 901,462 Strip - Hot Rolled 631 1,601 1,327 6,415 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,420 56,151 25,818 133,164 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)