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

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

Total Census Basis                   527,331   2,624,704     607,993   2,916,729

North America                         64,441     269,211      88,549     337,458
    Canada                            11,185     100,119      16,165     103,011
    Mexico                            53,256     169,091      72,383     234,447
Europe                               173,304   1,025,920     248,449   1,352,377
    European Union                   170,854   1,007,666     245,384   1,332,799
        Austria                        4,078      28,578       8,060      28,190
        Belgium                        8,285      54,236      24,557     158,033
        Czech Republic                   319       3,569       1,035      16,679
        Finland                        6,513      34,844       8,730      49,450
        France                        18,732     105,748      20,801     103,406
        Germany                       17,991     108,248      45,623     192,006
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           2          11
        Italy                         31,875     181,428      39,604     208,902
        Netherlands                      238       1,484         204       1,381
        Poland                            75         197         127         248
        Spain                          6,509      68,701       5,771      50,518
        Sweden                        33,040     217,206      41,648     273,139
        United Kingdom                39,287     180,916      46,001     235,481
        Other EU                       3,910      22,512       3,221      15,354
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 3          19           6         182
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          99         377
    Switzerland                          821       8,871       1,438      10,883
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)          11          28
    Ukraine                            1,627       9,364       1,508       8,093
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)           3          15
Euro Area                             96,848     597,271     155,755     801,505
Pacific Rim Countries                234,806   1,112,482     223,223   1,024,072
    Australia                            108         833         201         851
    China                            114,482     494,659     113,261     475,795
    Indonesia                            460       2,081         597       2,917
    Japan                             31,415     161,223      26,724     146,436
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   86,535     444,848      80,651     389,082
        Hong Kong                        209       1,074         225       1,191
        Korea                         21,083     116,008      28,038      96,527
        Singapore                        397       2,080         627       3,152
        Taiwan                        64,845     325,686      51,761     288,211
        Other Pacific Rim              1,807       8,838       1,790       8,991
South/Central America                 14,343      57,349      15,159      67,623
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)           6          34
        Brazil                        13,794      55,927      14,774      66,398
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)           2          47
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      549       1,423         377       1,144
Other Countries                       40,436     159,742      32,613     135,200
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         25,275     121,739      19,924      97,328
        South Africa                  11,146      22,770      10,260      28,589
        Thailand                       2,539      10,257         952       4,628
        Other                          1,477       4,976       1,477       4,655
                                           

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
July 2008 (CB-08-127)