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 February 2010 January 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 53,815 216,716 55,693 209,514 Ingots And Steel For Castings 508 1,645 410 1,391 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,076 18,326 4,140 16,354 Wire Rods 1,390 4,459 1,623 4,848 Structural Shapes Heavy 101 446 42 172 Plates Cut Lengths 2,016 7,128 3,632 11,176 Plates In Coils 1,462 5,363 2,141 7,224 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,278 5,430 1,609 6,837 Bars - Light Shaped 726 2,505 524 1,845 Bars - Cold Finished 4,443 18,781 3,873 16,869 Oil Country Goods 4,100 33,209 3,729 10,139 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 28 178 793 2,584 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11 96 33 231 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,118 46,142 7,186 53,202 Structural Pipe & Tube 9 57 (-) 14 Wire Drawn 2,838 12,764 3,212 13,929 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,729 3,217 1,801 3,497 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,417 46,901 17,509 46,176 Strip - Hot Rolled 194 485 326 963 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,370 9,583 3,106 12,065 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 56,609 214,381 Ingots And Steel For Castings 410 1,391 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,141 16,360 Wire Rods 1,623 4,848 Structural Shapes Heavy 42 172 Plates Cut Lengths 3,684 11,520 Plates In Coils 2,141 7,224 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,609 6,837 Bars - Light Shaped 524 1,845 Bars - Cold Finished 3,873 16,869 Oil Country Goods 3,729 10,139 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 793 2,587 Line Pipe - Not Specified 33 231 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,450 55,931 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) 14 Wire Drawn 3,222 13,977 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,082 4,447 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,682 46,590 Strip - Hot Rolled 414 1,058 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,154 12,342 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2009 January 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 43,412 178,065 62,401 283,110 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47 199 390 1,097 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,057 20,423 6,543 22,402 Wire Rods 584 1,854 998 3,501 Structural Shapes Heavy 73 408 165 1,056 Plates Cut Lengths 1,936 7,124 4,428 13,529 Plates In Coils 766 2,017 809 2,343 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,151 5,684 1,919 9,524 Bars - Light Shaped 204 713 493 2,426 Bars - Cold Finished 4,834 22,992 5,389 27,023 Oil Country Goods 5,340 13,764 9,821 40,150 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1 7 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 283 1,094 86 536 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 462 7,419 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,542 57,455 9,989 86,965 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 1,944 9,790 2,613 12,729 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,336 2,340 2,115 3,874 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,496 23,698 13,995 38,265 Strip - Hot Rolled 7 15 14 55 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,811 8,487 2,175 10,216 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 February 2010 (CB-10-35)