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 January 2010 December 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 55,693 209,514 55,337 229,287 Ingots And Steel For Castings 410 1,391 719 2,483 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,140 16,354 6,735 20,738 Wire Rods 1,623 4,848 1,262 4,133 Structural Shapes Heavy 42 172 214 792 Plates Cut Lengths 3,632 11,176 4,354 15,802 Plates In Coils 2,141 7,224 1,664 5,793 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,609 6,837 2,178 9,599 Bars - Light Shaped 524 1,845 574 2,119 Bars - Cold Finished 3,873 16,869 4,198 18,746 Oil Country Goods 3,729 10,139 1,761 13,478 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 16 24 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 793 2,584 22 160 Line Pipe - Not Specified 33 231 22 209 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,186 53,202 6,950 61,342 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) 14 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,212 13,929 3,004 12,957 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,801 3,497 1,643 3,379 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,509 46,176 17,304 45,350 Strip - Hot Rolled 326 963 142 500 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,106 12,065 2,573 11,684 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 56,218 237,508 Ingots And Steel For Castings 719 2,483 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,238 21,808 Wire Rods 1,262 4,133 Structural Shapes Heavy 214 792 Plates Cut Lengths 4,354 15,802 Plates In Coils 1,664 5,793 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,178 9,599 Bars - Light Shaped 574 2,119 Bars - Cold Finished 4,198 18,746 Oil Country Goods 1,959 19,745 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 16 24 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 39 277 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22 209 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,956 61,487 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,011 12,986 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,643 3,379 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,391 45,830 Strip - Hot Rolled 191 553 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,589 11,743 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2009 December 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,401 283,110 59,969 293,723 Ingots And Steel For Castings 390 1,097 1,143 3,737 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,543 22,402 7,728 31,165 Wire Rods 998 3,501 822 2,922 Structural Shapes Heavy 165 1,056 74 368 Plates Cut Lengths 4,428 13,529 3,133 14,915 Plates In Coils 809 2,343 829 2,741 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,919 9,524 1,430 7,932 Bars - Light Shaped 493 2,426 318 1,387 Bars - Cold Finished 5,389 27,023 5,637 30,671 Oil Country Goods 9,821 40,150 10,784 44,533 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 86 536 51 349 Line Pipe - Not Specified 462 7,419 161 2,952 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,989 86,965 9,568 84,053 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 2,613 12,729 2,217 12,959 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,115 3,874 1,763 3,582 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,995 38,265 11,992 37,224 Strip - Hot Rolled 14 55 7 30 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,175 10,216 2,311 12,202 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 January 2010 (CB-10-23)