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 August 2010 July 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 76,149 298,192 76,431 315,153 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,640 5,139 1,285 4,019 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,126 23,083 7,975 30,871 Wire Rods 1,955 7,482 1,576 7,002 Structural Shapes Heavy 126 680 207 1,169 Plates Cut Lengths 5,278 19,241 5,820 23,023 Plates In Coils 2,554 7,273 2,999 13,244 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,855 13,242 2,734 12,400 Bars - Light Shaped 357 1,628 916 3,684 Bars - Cold Finished 6,440 31,043 6,171 29,017 Oil Country Goods 4,135 18,822 1,455 6,411 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 2 10 27 262 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 18 140 18 117 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8 115 2 14 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,032 50,934 8,871 56,548 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) 4 22 Wire Drawn 3,278 17,362 3,340 16,945 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,929 7,673 1,645 3,962 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,787 80,331 27,347 90,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 232 878 10 39 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,396 13,117 4,029 16,098 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 77,820 318,345 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,294 4,075 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,583 31,820 Wire Rods 1,576 7,002 Structural Shapes Heavy 207 1,169 Plates Cut Lengths 5,934 23,443 Plates In Coils 3,025 13,357 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,738 12,422 Bars - Light Shaped 916 3,684 Bars - Cold Finished 6,195 29,189 Oil Country Goods 1,455 6,411 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 27 262 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19 133 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 14 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,911 56,702 Structural Pipe & Tube 4 22 Wire Drawn 3,340 16,945 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,910 4,417 Sheets Cold Rolled 27,608 90,907 Strip - Hot Rolled 10 39 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,066 16,334 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2009 July 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 38,378 136,792 42,296 174,164 Ingots And Steel For Castings 752 2,266 839 2,226 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,611 12,442 4,300 11,155 Wire Rods 792 1,994 1,172 2,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 139 452 57 247 Plates Cut Lengths 1,798 5,198 2,047 5,514 Plates In Coils 269 633 892 2,608 Bars - Hot Rolled 992 3,857 1,098 5,109 Bars - Light Shaped 514 1,382 351 838 Bars - Cold Finished 3,229 14,632 4,117 16,511 Oil Country Goods 1,254 6,037 1,546 15,885 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 24 223 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 22 119 503 2,192 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15 125 226 2,026 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,577 40,399 6,209 59,163 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 2,210 8,896 2,339 9,152 Sheets Hot Rolled 523 1,039 591 1,082 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,723 29,637 13,647 29,901 Strip - Hot Rolled 37 93 373 693 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,898 7,369 1,988 7,104 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 August 2010 (CB-10-146)