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

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

Total Census Basis                   623,278   3,122,253     708,683   3,481,805

North America                         75,832     316,495     100,040     379,974
    Canada                            12,661     114,096      18,104     119,337
    Mexico                            63,172     202,400      81,935     260,636
Europe                               209,122   1,247,360     290,425   1,618,951
    European Union                   206,135   1,224,456     286,912   1,595,992
        Austria                        4,297      30,711       8,793      32,800
        Belgium                        9,727      63,803      29,340     192,899
        Czech Republic                   593       9,885       1,422      23,743
        Finland                        7,560      41,281       9,530      54,720
        France                        22,420     127,007      25,142     129,723
        Germany                       22,693     134,385      53,360     230,859
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           2          11
        Italy                         40,157     231,628      47,854     258,544
        Netherlands                      281       1,833         243       1,653
        Poland                            75         197         148         312
        Spain                          7,398      79,046       6,266      56,080
        Sweden                        39,183     257,871      48,731     324,824
        United Kingdom                46,944     219,113      52,230     271,011
        Other EU                       4,808      27,695       3,851      18,812
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 3          23          23         304
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          99         377
    Switzerland                        1,030      10,713       1,715      13,148
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)          11          28
    Ukraine                            1,954      12,168       1,662       9,087
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)           3          15
Euro Area                            117,687     726,723     183,384     968,984
Pacific Rim Countries                274,932   1,301,187     260,036   1,232,701
    Australia                            148       1,042         222         970
    China                            133,723     579,671     133,664     581,581
    Indonesia                            589       2,799         688       3,332
    Japan                             38,325     189,479      30,543     164,110
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   99,804     516,844      92,900     472,511
        Hong Kong                        233       1,166         244       1,339
        Korea                         24,618     136,715      32,028     117,694
        Singapore                        435       2,299         720       3,699
        Taiwan                        74,518     376,664      59,908     349,779
        Other Pacific Rim              2,343      11,352       2,019      10,198
South/Central America                 16,073      66,692      18,217      82,392
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)           6          34
        Brazil                        15,434      65,007      17,770      80,970
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)           2          47
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      639       1,685         438       1,340
Other Countries                       47,319     190,519      39,967     167,787
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         29,385     143,386      22,658     115,624
        South Africa                  12,199      24,711      14,592      41,929
        Thailand                       3,933      16,288       1,003       4,942
        Other                          1,802       6,134       1,714       5,292
                                           

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
August 2008 (CB-08-141)