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

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

Total Census Basis                   707,149   3,553,871     804,725   4,022,609

North America                         85,869     359,955     110,659     423,467
    Canada                            14,085     128,730      20,216     136,094
    Mexico                            71,784     231,225      90,443     287,372
Europe                               235,839   1,417,800     330,565   1,861,986
    European Union                   232,179   1,389,319     325,969   1,830,802
        Austria                        4,624      34,336      10,618      37,683
        Belgium                       10,559      69,178      33,762     223,035
        Czech Republic                   670      11,401       1,718      29,714
        Finland                        8,314      45,243       9,859      56,688
        France                        25,289     144,353      28,788     154,209
        Germany                       24,778     149,731      60,379     258,048
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           2          11
        Italy                         47,667     272,551      56,363     312,935
        Netherlands                      284       1,904         260       1,814
        Poland                            75         197         159         357
        Spain                          8,314      92,888       7,262      66,855
        Sweden                        43,930     289,167      54,065     367,427
        United Kingdom                51,892     244,603      58,433     300,344
        Other EU                       5,782      33,767       4,300      21,683
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 3          23          40       1,472
    Russia                                14          55         191         752
    Switzerland                        1,229      13,129       1,951      14,884
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)          11          28
    Ukraine                            2,415      15,274       2,400      14,032
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)           3          15
Euro Area                            133,534     830,539     210,416   1,124,309
Pacific Rim Countries                310,818   1,474,184     295,203   1,439,483
    Australia                            170       1,187         276       1,224
    China                            150,411     656,804     150,234     672,444
    Indonesia                            908       4,381       1,095       5,709
    Japan                             45,180     220,331      37,304     201,131
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                  110,887     575,671     104,026     547,399
        Hong Kong                        233       1,166         283       1,627
        Korea                         27,523     154,098      34,488     131,545
        Singapore                        513       2,674         810       4,243
        Taiwan                        82,618     417,732      68,445     409,983
        Other Pacific Rim              3,262      15,810       2,267      11,577
South/Central America                 17,408      72,849      19,655      89,389
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)           6          34
        Brazil                        16,695      70,869      19,125      87,696
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)           2          47
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      713       1,980         521       1,612
Other Countries                       57,215     229,083      48,643     208,284
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         35,179     172,220      26,510     140,636
        South Africa                  15,078      29,804      18,756      54,712
        Thailand                       5,033      20,542       1,376       6,690
        Other                          1,925       6,516       2,000       6,246
                                           

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
September 2008 (CB-08-158)