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

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

Total Census Basis                   857,715   4,308,936     956,039   4,826,268

North America                         99,841     431,302     133,047     509,583
    Canada                            17,562     164,965      24,305     169,259
    Mexico                            82,279     266,337     108,742     340,325
Europe                               288,099   1,732,569     384,182   2,192,201
    European Union                   282,952   1,690,803     378,325   2,151,254
        Austria                        5,188      39,713      12,128      46,508
        Belgium                       12,229      79,414      38,870     254,584
        Czech Republic                 1,788      26,987       2,195      38,990
        Finland                        9,783      53,154      10,386      59,853
        France                        31,441     173,756      33,921     191,796
        Germany                       30,405     185,483      67,269     291,451
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           2          11
        Italy                         55,181     316,147      65,127     366,763
        Netherlands                      317       2,260         319       2,353
        Poland                            75         197         230         521
        Spain                         10,569     115,214       7,991      74,591
        Sweden                        55,649     363,609      65,312     444,266
        United Kingdom                63,017     292,223      69,086     351,764
        Other EU                       7,310      42,645       5,489      27,803
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 7         975          45       1,586
    Russia                                14          55         192         755
    Switzerland                        1,516      17,997       2,366      18,089
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)          11          28
    Ukraine                            3,611      22,740       3,223      20,285
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)          21         204
Euro Area                            159,710     990,602     239,938   1,304,542
Pacific Rim Countries                377,558   1,769,879     354,146   1,750,504
    Australia                            170       1,187         330       1,526
    China                            176,606     765,374     181,316     831,728
    Indonesia                          1,096       5,343       1,365       7,532
    Japan                             57,780     280,734      47,431     260,592
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                  137,173     693,828     120,496     631,870
        Hong Kong                        262       1,389         283       1,627
        Korea                         34,649     187,627      39,022     155,641
        Singapore                        596       3,109         944       5,111
        Taiwan                       101,665     501,703      80,247     469,490
        Other Pacific Rim              4,734      23,412       3,207      17,256
South/Central America                 20,887      87,244      22,892     102,431
        Argentina                         10          61           6          34
        Brazil                        19,805      83,992      22,236     100,344
        Chile                            153         289         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           6          78           2          47
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      913       2,825         647       2,006
Other Countries                       71,331     287,942      61,772     271,548
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         43,730     213,067      33,511     187,428
        South Africa                  18,511      37,975      23,731      66,054
        Thailand                       6,066      25,035       1,718       8,560
        Other                          3,023      11,865       2,813       9,506
                                           

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
November 2008 (CB-08-186)