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 September 2009 August 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 42,513 157,408 36,761 130,849 Ingots And Steel For Castings 204 627 752 2,266 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,875 12,375 4,226 11,466 Wire Rods 1,201 3,477 696 1,729 Structural Shapes Heavy 85 289 138 446 Plates Cut Lengths 4,253 13,771 1,706 4,892 Plates In Coils 1,022 3,270 191 390 Bars - Hot Rolled 950 3,967 947 3,631 Bars - Light Shaped 623 1,884 508 1,366 Bars - Cold Finished 3,432 12,996 3,072 13,953 Oil Country Goods 1,633 8,764 1,249 6,010 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 24 223 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 51 214 41 409 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 15 125 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,534 40,945 5,332 38,764 Wire Drawn 2,439 9,713 2,082 8,295 Sheets Hot Rolled 408 859 522 1,008 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,783 36,189 13,362 28,519 Strip - Hot Rolled 108 408 37 93 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,912 7,660 1,863 7,266 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 38,378 136,792 Ingots And Steel For Castings 752 2,266 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,611 12,442 Wire Rods 792 1,994 Structural Shapes Heavy 139 452 Plates Cut Lengths 1,798 5,198 Plates In Coils 269 633 Bars - Hot Rolled 992 3,857 Bars - Light Shaped 514 1,382 Bars - Cold Finished 3,229 14,632 Oil Country Goods 1,254 6,037 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 24 223 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 22 119 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15 125 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,577 40,399 Wire Drawn 2,210 8,896 Sheets Hot Rolled 523 1,039 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,723 29,637 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 93 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,898 7,369 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2008 August 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 71,084 363,286 83,871 431,618 Ingots And Steel For Castings 928 3,883 2,839 12,232 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,550 28,276 7,594 36,598 Wire Rods 1,860 7,782 1,617 7,528 Structural Shapes Heavy 146 793 236 1,232 Plates Cut Lengths 4,511 20,904 5,191 24,511 Plates In Coils 2,274 10,754 1,622 9,126 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,396 13,526 3,064 18,886 Bars - Light Shaped 894 4,393 972 4,651 Bars - Cold Finished 6,135 35,145 6,852 40,134 Oil Country Goods 5,023 23,133 5,081 20,183 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 39 187 16 179 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 92 646 487 754 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,346 91,828 10,725 99,111 Wire Drawn 3,086 19,210 3,844 24,163 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,285 4,763 3,124 6,326 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,154 81,358 26,451 105,575 Strip - Hot Rolled 148 860 90 387 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,218 15,845 4,064 20,042 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 September 2009 (CB-09-160)