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 March 2011 February 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 89,784 399,783 75,062 327,145 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,982 6,255 1,476 4,735 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,111 43,324 8,516 34,417 Wire Rods 1,815 8,085 1,831 7,808 Structural Shapes Heavy 243 1,230 167 961 Plates Cut Lengths 6,253 28,472 4,633 21,316 Plates In Coils 9,734 35,208 5,366 19,887 Bars - Hot Rolled 3,204 16,578 2,506 12,435 Bars - Light Shaped 879 3,798 866 3,737 Bars - Cold Finished 9,461 48,773 7,596 37,695 Oil Country Goods 2,606 14,526 1,856 9,241 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 16 106 35 195 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 387 1,951 118 672 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 21 (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,710 62,746 8,461 61,780 Structural Pipe & Tube 1 30 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,813 22,319 3,243 18,702 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,929 3,572 1,651 3,318 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,208 83,676 23,257 74,800 Strip - Hot Rolled 117 262 99 242 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,314 18,850 3,386 15,205 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 76,579 334,008 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,485 4,772 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,523 34,471 Wire Rods 1,831 7,808 Structural Shapes Heavy 170 990 Plates Cut Lengths 4,877 22,360 Plates In Coils 5,383 19,945 Bars - Hot Rolled 2,555 12,596 Bars - Light Shaped 866 3,737 Bars - Cold Finished 7,604 37,752 Oil Country Goods 1,858 9,280 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 35 195 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 498 2,288 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,782 63,939 Structural Pipe & Tube (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,291 19,000 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,651 3,318 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,574 75,878 Strip - Hot Rolled 143 301 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,453 15,378 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2010 February 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 65,466 260,430 54,525 219,252 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,553 4,295 508 1,645 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,408 23,070 6,076 18,326 Wire Rods 1,517 4,770 1,390 4,459 Structural Shapes Heavy 186 977 101 446 Plates Cut Lengths 4,019 15,164 2,191 7,920 Plates In Coils 1,776 5,732 1,462 5,363 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,754 7,025 1,278 5,430 Bars - Light Shaped 841 2,750 726 2,505 Bars - Cold Finished 6,378 27,071 4,444 18,801 Oil Country Goods 3,053 23,627 4,128 33,415 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete (-) (-) (-) (-) Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 27 142 32 241 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9 45 10 96 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,779 57,706 6,179 46,343 Structural Pipe & Tube 3 17 9 57 Wire Drawn 3,249 15,442 2,839 12,855 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,783 5,717 1,915 3,764 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,972 53,488 18,633 47,311 Strip - Hot Rolled 98 344 216 509 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,059 13,047 2,389 9,765 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 Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Janet Fre as (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary March 2011 (CB-11-68)