Exhibit 2B: 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 October 2011 October 2010 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 852,424 3,861,574 688,185 2,777,463 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25,536 82,524 13,569 42,244 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 88,619 355,926 71,257 250,258 Wire Rods 17,991 81,150 15,843 57,932 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,805 9,990 1,382 7,180 Plates Cut Lengths 61,498 262,264 40,379 155,356 Plates In Coils 64,549 253,759 30,377 109,940 Bars - Hot Rolled 28,808 157,963 20,845 93,359 Bars - Light Shaped 7,022 31,656 6,048 23,257 Bars - Cold Finished 82,124 442,202 59,351 268,908 Oil Country Goods 23,466 160,200 27,551 166,581 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 177 1,350 76 501 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 6,049 33,355 1,209 5,302 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,041 4,740 112 857 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 95,619 702,806 82,893 560,653 Structural Pipe & Tube 96 870 28 179 Wire Drawn 35,258 208,911 32,990 163,361 Sheets Hot Rolled 32,341 67,978 24,566 52,412 Sheets Cold Rolled 242,998 835,426 226,149 684,903 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,345 2,584 1,295 3,753 Strip - Cold Rolled 36,082 165,919 32,266 130,524 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 Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary October 2011 (CB-11-195)