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 December 2009 November 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 55,337 229,287 51,222 194,994 Ingots And Steel For Castings 719 2,483 637 1,972 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,735 20,738 4,202 13,110 Wire Rods 1,262 4,133 1,542 5,203 Structural Shapes Heavy 214 792 181 717 Plates Cut Lengths 4,354 15,802 4,077 15,123 Plates In Coils 1,664 5,793 1,789 6,444 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,178 9,599 1,526 6,583 Bars - Light Shaped 574 2,119 705 2,439 Bars - Cold Finished 4,198 18,746 4,175 19,535 Oil Country Goods 1,761 13,478 4,436 13,684 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 16 24 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 22 160 28 119 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22 209 1 8 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,950 61,342 5,857 42,792 Wire Drawn 3,004 12,957 2,634 12,073 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,643 3,379 1,732 3,364 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,304 45,350 15,652 42,964 Strip - Hot Rolled 142 500 58 142 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,573 11,684 1,989 8,722 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 52,498 205,178 Ingots And Steel For Castings 637 1,972 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,213 13,197 Wire Rods 1,552 5,228 Structural Shapes Heavy 197 784 Plates Cut Lengths 4,119 15,250 Plates In Coils 1,903 6,889 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,539 6,667 Bars - Light Shaped 707 2,449 Bars - Cold Finished 4,252 19,883 Oil Country Goods 4,504 16,047 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 66 213 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 8 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,271 47,968 Wire Drawn 2,636 12,097 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,732 3,364 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,065 44,129 Strip - Hot Rolled 98 187 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,006 8,848 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2008 November 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 59,969 293,723 73,709 351,118 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,143 3,737 2,276 7,907 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,728 31,165 7,355 28,889 Wire Rods 822 2,922 2,110 7,064 Structural Shapes Heavy 74 368 138 596 Plates Cut Lengths 3,133 14,915 4,528 21,094 Plates In Coils 829 2,741 1,347 6,071 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,430 7,932 1,870 11,959 Bars - Light Shaped 318 1,387 750 3,644 Bars - Cold Finished 5,637 30,671 6,330 36,960 Oil Country Goods 10,784 44,533 11,502 32,711 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 11 119 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 51 349 14 113 Line Pipe - Not Specified 161 2,952 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,568 84,053 10,841 97,933 Wire Drawn 2,217 12,959 3,052 18,023 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,763 3,582 2,230 4,281 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,992 37,224 16,366 56,529 Strip - Hot Rolled 7 30 22 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,311 12,202 2,967 17,108 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary December 2009 (CB-10-11)