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

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

Total Census Basis                   778,233   3,917,157     880,762   4,419,548

North America                         94,521     401,441     121,380     466,120
    Canada                            15,932     147,170      22,062     152,683
    Mexico                            78,588     254,271      99,317     313,438
Europe                               260,131   1,566,948     355,384   2,008,261
    European Union                   255,687   1,531,672     350,086   1,971,849
        Austria                        4,843      36,369      11,629      41,890
        Belgium                       11,498      75,086      36,716     242,034
        Czech Republic                 1,774      26,910       1,771      30,623
        Finland                        8,975      49,033      10,039      58,023
        France                        28,454     157,282      30,889     170,237
        Germany                       27,698     168,711      64,446     275,065
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           2          11
        Italy                         50,966     291,288      58,811     331,269
        Netherlands                      311       2,152         307       2,242
        Poland                            75         197         176         416
        Spain                          9,201     100,277       7,526      69,468
        Sweden                        48,938     322,112      58,431     397,141
        United Kingdom                56,310     263,488      64,397     328,532
        Other EU                       6,643      38,769       4,946      24,898
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 7         975          40       1,475
    Russia                                14          55         191         752
    Switzerland                        1,295      13,859       2,142      16,455
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)          11          28
    Ukraine                            3,130      20,386       2,911      17,687
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)           3          15
Euro Area                            146,134     903,256     223,871   1,204,864
Pacific Rim Countries                339,257   1,606,013     327,573   1,608,490
    Australia                            170       1,187         311       1,392
    China                            161,817     705,414     169,476     768,379
    Indonesia                            941       4,581       1,178       6,249
    Japan                             51,035     250,544      41,380     225,098
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                  121,347     624,989     112,532     593,286
        Hong Kong                        262       1,389         283       1,627
        Korea                         30,492     169,469      36,798     144,307
        Singapore                        558       2,914         944       5,111
        Taiwan                        90,035     451,216      74,506     442,240
        Other Pacific Rim              3,948      19,298       2,696      14,086
South/Central America                 19,178      80,400      21,616      97,696
        Argentina                         10          61           6          34
        Brazil                        18,199      77,631      21,030      95,827
        Chile                            153         289         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)           2          47
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      816       2,418         578       1,788
Other Countries                       65,146     262,355      54,809     238,982
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         39,754     194,522      29,528     161,678
        South Africa                  16,859      33,436      21,273      61,362
        Thailand                       5,703      23,398       1,631       8,148
        Other                          2,830      10,999       2,377       7,794
                                           

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
October 2008 (CB-08-169)