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 December 2010 November 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 78,706 329,454 80,431 329,076 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,312 7,097 2,265 8,399 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,569 18,436 7,285 28,614 Wire Rods 2,081 8,214 1,725 7,345 Structural Shapes Heavy 114 588 378 2,703 Plates Cut Lengths 4,960 21,337 3,533 14,610 Plates In Coils 2,970 10,870 6,045 21,920 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,119 15,275 2,932 13,743 Bars - Light Shaped 491 2,038 615 2,518 Bars - Cold Finished 7,524 36,565 7,193 34,678 Oil Country Goods 4,914 22,687 1,536 9,286 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 3 28 (-) 3 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 113 688 159 980 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22 206 2 15 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,194 56,606 8,456 57,424 Structural Pipe & Tube 1 5 1 7 Wire Drawn 3,707 20,249 3,944 21,231 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,261 8,355 2,641 5,785 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,862 84,953 27,852 84,145 Strip - Hot Rolled 101 315 133 580 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,388 14,941 3,735 15,091 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 81,203 339,791 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,265 8,399 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,304 28,772 Wire Rods 1,725 7,345 Structural Shapes Heavy 400 2,895 Plates Cut Lengths 3,571 14,771 Plates In Coils 6,136 22,050 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,932 13,743 Bars - Light Shaped 615 2,518 Bars - Cold Finished 7,211 34,793 Oil Country Goods 1,851 18,029 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 12 103 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 248 1,624 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 15 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,510 57,598 Structural Pipe & Tube 1 7 Wire Drawn 3,947 21,281 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,719 5,889 Sheets Cold Rolled 27,874 84,240 Strip - Hot Rolled 133 580 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,747 15,140 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2009 November 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 56,218 237,508 52,498 205,178 Ingots And Steel For Castings 719 2,483 637 1,972 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,238 21,808 4,213 13,197 Wire Rods 1,262 4,133 1,552 5,228 Structural Shapes Heavy 214 792 197 784 Plates Cut Lengths 4,354 15,802 4,119 15,250 Plates In Coils 1,664 5,793 1,903 6,889 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,178 9,599 1,539 6,667 Bars - Light Shaped 574 2,119 707 2,449 Bars - Cold Finished 4,198 18,746 4,252 19,883 Oil Country Goods 1,959 19,745 4,504 16,047 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 16 24 (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 39 277 66 213 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22 209 1 8 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,956 61,487 6,271 47,968 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,011 12,986 2,636 12,097 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,643 3,379 1,732 3,364 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,391 45,830 16,065 44,129 Strip - Hot Rolled 191 553 98 187 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,589 11,743 2,006 8,848 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 December 2010 (CB-11-14)