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

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

Total Census Basis                   257,766   1,245,542     288,982   1,285,650

North America                         32,763     132,145      42,808     148,184
    Canada                             5,506      48,724       9,024      47,658
    Mexico                            27,257      83,421      33,784     100,526
Europe                                86,842     495,947     119,192     607,321
    European Union                    85,846     487,754     117,716     598,770
        Austria                        2,436      15,385       2,749      13,394
        Belgium                        4,698      31,271      12,185      71,759
        Czech Republic                   174       2,150         651      10,484
        Finland                        3,845      20,085       6,318      34,574
        France                         8,144      50,103      10,947      52,251
        Germany                        9,134      48,633      17,002      58,508
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           2          11
        Italy                         16,539      92,402      19,179      91,813
        Netherlands                      137         889          68         580
        Poland                            75         197          41         130
        Spain                          3,088      28,535       3,795      29,939
        Sweden                        15,484      99,171      20,102     122,122
        United Kingdom                20,740      91,615      22,966     105,764
        Other EU                       1,354       7,319       1,709       7,441
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 1           9           6         163
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          44         139
    Switzerland                          408       5,058         650       3,976
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              586       3,126         777       4,273
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             49,050     292,336      73,635     358,223
Pacific Rim Countries                111,371     515,833     104,607     436,133
    Australia                             90         613          41         197
    China                             52,201     229,345      50,058     198,550
    Indonesia                            182         925         303       1,575
    Japan                             15,097      76,934       8,376      43,835
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   43,253     205,522      44,842     187,124
        Hong Kong                         24         148          50         232
        Korea                         10,426      55,624      16,847      48,694
        Singapore                        176         977         310       1,506
        Taiwan                        32,626     148,773      27,634     136,692
        Other Pacific Rim                548       2,495         986       4,853
South/Central America                  7,171      26,835       7,412      32,502
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)           6          34
        Brazil                         6,936      26,157       7,208      31,878
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      234         677         197         590
Other Countries                       19,620      74,782      14,962      61,509
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         11,314      54,050       9,635      45,321
        South Africa                   6,510      14,377       4,028      11,077
        Thailand                       1,258       4,575         573       2,902
        Other                            538       1,780         726       2,210
                                           

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
April 2008 (CB-08-81)