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

                                February 2009           February 2008
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   105,813     461,175     169,286     809,945

North America                         10,234      35,237      22,352      88,387
    Canada                             2,313      18,280       3,533      31,522
    Mexico                             7,921      16,957      18,819      56,866
Europe                                37,989     187,909      56,624     319,630
    European Union                    37,607     184,176      56,031     314,319
        Austria                          520       5,436       2,103      11,738
        Belgium                        2,720       8,069       2,733      18,153
        Czech Republic                    21         311         131       1,810
        Finland                          934       3,438       2,636      14,304
        France                         4,091      18,442       5,142      31,882
        Germany                        4,452      29,629       6,223      30,847
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                          5,492      29,670      10,550      58,316
        Netherlands                       24         170          76         478
        Poland                            13          42          43         116
        Spain                          1,999      21,060       1,409      13,913
        Sweden                         7,361      34,590       9,669      63,598
        United Kingdom                 8,901      28,621      14,516      64,902
        Other EU                       1,078       4,700         800       4,261
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 3          53           1           2
    Russia                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          130       1,294         234       3,140
    Turkey                                73         983         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              176       1,403         357       2,170
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             21,120     119,440      31,443     182,212
Pacific Rim Countries                 47,284     205,383      73,879     339,462
    Australia                             10          45          69         479
    China                             20,337      68,204      34,851     152,297
    Indonesia                            117         435          21         132
    Japan                             10,803      65,145      10,741      53,209
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   14,624      64,510      27,856     131,841
        Hong Kong                        263       1,102           4          42
        Korea                          5,340      21,687       6,884      35,738
        Singapore                         35         156          66         380
        Taiwan                         8,987      41,565      20,901      95,682
        Other Pacific Rim              1,394       7,045         341       1,504
South/Central America                  1,943       4,106       3,935      14,240
        Argentina                          3          43         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                         1,891       3,824       3,791      13,818
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       50         239         144         422
Other Countries                        8,362      28,540      12,497      48,225
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          6,061      22,046       7,677      36,383
        South Africa                   1,645       4,093       3,724       7,949
        Thailand                         167         630         711       2,495
        Other                            490       1,771         385       1,398
                                           

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
March 2009 (CB-09-63)