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 September 2010 August 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 62,990 256,276 76,149 298,192 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,139 4,023 1,640 5,139 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,575 23,315 6,126 23,083 Wire Rods 1,408 5,187 1,955 7,482 Structural Shapes Heavy 105 833 126 680 Plates Cut Lengths 3,816 14,136 5,278 19,241 Plates In Coils 1,243 4,170 2,554 7,273 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,062 9,547 2,855 13,242 Bars - Light Shaped 430 2,126 357 1,628 Bars - Cold Finished 5,110 24,037 6,440 31,043 Oil Country Goods 2,344 13,751 4,135 18,822 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 17 74 2 10 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 35 245 18 140 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 8 115 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,061 55,168 8,032 50,934 Structural Pipe & Tube 20 29 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,541 18,017 3,278 17,362 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,370 5,062 3,929 7,673 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,489 67,059 25,787 80,331 Strip - Hot Rolled 45 93 232 878 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,177 9,402 3,396 13,117 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 76,864 300,909 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,640 5,139 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,126 23,083 Wire Rods 1,955 7,482 Structural Shapes Heavy 126 680 Plates Cut Lengths 5,521 19,984 Plates In Coils 2,554 7,273 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,855 13,254 Bars - Light Shaped 357 1,628 Bars - Cold Finished 6,447 31,070 Oil Country Goods 4,135 18,822 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 2 10 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19 146 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14 147 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,103 51,156 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,302 17,559 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,123 8,377 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,954 81,089 Strip - Hot Rolled 232 878 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,399 13,132 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2009 August 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 43,312 167,507 38,378 136,792 Ingots And Steel For Castings 204 627 752 2,266 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,881 12,477 4,611 12,442 Wire Rods 1,201 3,477 792 1,994 Structural Shapes Heavy 85 289 139 452 Plates Cut Lengths 4,369 14,151 1,798 5,198 Plates In Coils 999 3,156 269 633 Bars - Hot Rolled 953 3,973 992 3,857 Bars - Light Shaped 623 1,884 514 1,382 Bars - Cold Finished 3,432 12,996 3,229 14,632 Oil Country Goods 1,990 11,931 1,254 6,037 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) 24 223 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 55 238 22 119 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 15 125 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,830 47,383 5,577 40,399 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 2,440 9,735 2,210 8,896 Sheets Hot Rolled 408 859 523 1,039 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,822 36,252 13,723 29,637 Strip - Hot Rolled 108 408 37 93 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,913 7,674 1,898 7,369 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 September 2010 (CB-10-160)