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 July 2010 June 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 76,431 315,153 76,044 324,133 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,285 4,019 1,315 4,615 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,975 30,871 8,500 30,800 Wire Rods 1,576 7,002 1,345 5,463 Structural Shapes Heavy 207 1,169 115 493 Plates Cut Lengths 5,820 23,023 3,882 17,135 Plates In Coils 2,999 13,244 2,439 10,925 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,734 12,400 1,700 7,927 Bars - Light Shaped 916 3,684 611 2,266 Bars - Cold Finished 6,171 29,017 6,982 32,410 Oil Country Goods 1,455 6,411 4,488 17,237 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 27 262 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 18 117 24 238 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 14 29 207 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,871 56,548 10,507 70,996 Structural Pipe & Tube 4 22 2 12 Wire Drawn 3,340 16,945 3,427 17,839 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,645 3,962 2,474 6,437 Sheets Cold Rolled 27,347 90,305 24,052 83,699 Strip - Hot Rolled 10 39 59 155 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,029 16,098 4,092 15,280 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,484 322,897 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,315 4,615 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,780 31,286 Wire Rods 1,345 5,463 Structural Shapes Heavy 123 563 Plates Cut Lengths 3,882 17,135 Plates In Coils 2,439 10,925 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,710 7,982 Bars - Light Shaped 611 2,266 Bars - Cold Finished 7,017 32,620 Oil Country Goods 2,202 13,837 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 28 257 Line Pipe - Not Specified 29 207 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,507 71,025 Structural Pipe & Tube 2 12 Wire Drawn 3,427 17,839 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,474 6,437 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,378 84,729 Strip - Hot Rolled 59 155 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,154 15,543 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2009 June 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 42,296 174,164 40,521 149,600 Ingots And Steel For Castings 839 2,226 563 1,380 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,300 11,155 5,528 15,178 Wire Rods 1,172 2,760 811 2,749 Structural Shapes Heavy 57 247 55 243 Plates Cut Lengths 2,047 5,514 1,742 5,613 Plates In Coils 892 2,608 1,012 2,472 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,098 5,109 766 3,251 Bars - Light Shaped 351 838 348 805 Bars - Cold Finished 4,117 16,511 3,721 15,854 Oil Country Goods 1,546 15,885 1,134 5,609 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 503 2,192 38 224 Line Pipe - Not Specified 226 2,026 601 5,291 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,209 59,163 6,243 47,265 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 2,339 9,152 2,206 9,487 Sheets Hot Rolled 591 1,082 528 882 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,647 29,901 13,521 27,191 Strip - Hot Rolled 373 693 110 259 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,988 7,104 1,593 5,847 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.ht ml. 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 July 2010 (CB-10-125)