Exhibit 4B:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Stainless Steel Products
from Selected Countries and Areas:  (Census Basis)
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars.
Details may not equal totals due to rounding

                                February 2008           February 2007
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   169,286     809,945     185,149     809,725

North America                         22,352      88,387      28,212      97,411
    Canada                             3,533      31,522       6,555      31,717
    Mexico                            18,819      56,866      21,657      65,694
Europe                                56,624     319,630      68,376     353,632
    European Union                    56,031     314,319      67,503     348,803
        Austria                        2,103      11,738       1,774       9,264
        Belgium                        2,733      18,153       6,973      38,832
        Czech Republic                   131       1,810         377       5,697
        Finland                        2,636      14,304       4,353      22,483
        France                         5,142      31,882       6,917      29,548
        Germany                        6,223      30,847       5,285      27,334
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         10,550      58,316      11,255      53,940
        Netherlands                       76         478          57         430
        Poland                            43         116          21          64
        Spain                          1,409      13,913       2,459      18,672
        Sweden                         9,669      63,598      12,587      74,295
        United Kingdom                14,516      64,902      14,251      63,146
        Other EU                         800       4,261       1,194       5,099
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 1           2           5         155
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          44         139
    Switzerland                          234       3,140         437       2,455
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              357       2,170         387       2,081
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             31,443     182,212      40,093     204,441
Pacific Rim Countries                 73,879     339,462      72,624     292,972
    Australia                             69         479          19          82
    China                             34,851     152,297      35,908     139,117
    Indonesia                             21         132         192         981
    Japan                             10,741      53,209       4,711      26,502
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   27,856     131,841      31,115     123,016
        Hong Kong                          4          42          50         232
        Korea                          6,884      35,738      11,782      29,960
        Singapore                         66         380         227       1,109
        Taiwan                        20,901      95,682      19,056      91,714
        Other Pacific Rim                341       1,504         678       3,274
South/Central America                  3,935      14,240       4,909      21,206
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)           6          34
        Brazil                         3,791      13,818       4,738      20,675
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      144         422         165         496
Other Countries                       12,497      48,225      11,027      44,504
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          7,677      36,383       6,455      30,331
        South Africa                   3,724       7,949       3,683      10,442
        Thailand                         711       2,495         466       2,358
        Other                            385       1,398         423       1,373
                                           

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.html.

CONTACT:  For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
March 2008 (CB-08-62)