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 October 2009 September 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,495 207,391 42,513 157,408 Ingots And Steel For Castings 881 2,878 204 627 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,009 16,068 3,875 12,375 Wire Rods 1,176 3,392 1,201 3,477 Structural Shapes Heavy 57 204 85 289 Plates Cut Lengths 5,562 18,959 4,253 13,771 Plates In Coils 1,187 4,316 1,022 3,270 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,656 6,431 950 3,967 Bars - Light Shaped 816 2,699 623 1,884 Bars - Cold Finished 3,348 15,702 3,432 12,996 Oil Country Goods 1,398 17,203 1,633 8,764 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 3 31 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 1,875 4,463 51 214 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 16 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,530 47,171 5,534 40,945 Wire Drawn 2,936 12,328 2,439 9,713 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,101 2,087 408 859 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,889 44,759 14,783 36,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 143 372 108 408 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,928 8,312 1,912 7,660 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 43,312 167,507 Ingots And Steel For Castings 204 627 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,881 12,477 Wire Rods 1,201 3,477 Structural Shapes Heavy 85 289 Plates Cut Lengths 4,369 14,151 Plates In Coils 999 3,156 Bars - Hot Rolled 953 3,973 Bars - Light Shaped 623 1,884 Bars - Cold Finished 3,432 12,996 Oil Country Goods 1,990 11,931 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 55 238 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,830 47,383 Wire Drawn 2,440 9,735 Sheets Hot Rolled 408 859 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,822 36,252 Strip - Hot Rolled 108 408 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,913 7,674 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2008 September 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 79,481 391,779 71,084 363,286 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,458 6,107 928 3,883 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,982 41,809 6,550 28,276 Wire Rods 1,931 7,997 1,860 7,782 Structural Shapes Heavy 174 841 146 793 Plates Cut Lengths 4,339 18,749 4,511 20,904 Plates In Coils 1,647 8,605 2,274 10,754 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,942 17,398 2,396 13,526 Bars - Light Shaped 604 2,810 894 4,393 Bars - Cold Finished 6,082 36,760 6,135 35,145 Oil Country Goods 6,739 23,930 5,023 23,133 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 39 187 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 10 93 92 646 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,707 93,594 10,346 91,828 Wire Drawn 3,236 20,740 3,086 19,210 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,738 5,648 2,285 4,763 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,023 90,746 21,154 81,358 Strip - Hot Rolled 11 54 148 860 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,858 15,898 3,218 15,845 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 October 2009 (CB-09-175)