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

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

Total Census Basis                   153,046     667,274     257,766   1,245,542

North America                         16,293      54,633      32,763     132,145
    Canada                             3,622      28,601       5,506      48,724
    Mexico                            12,672      26,032      27,257      83,421
Europe                                56,767     290,408      86,842     495,947
    European Union                    55,999     282,996      85,846     487,754
        Austria                          776       7,703       2,436      15,385
        Belgium                        3,714      11,230       4,698      31,271
        Czech Republic                   404       8,774         174       2,150
        Finland                        1,417       4,598       3,845      20,085
        France                         5,923      28,988       8,144      50,103
        Germany                        5,744      39,369       9,134      48,633
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                          9,995      48,177      16,539      92,402
        Netherlands                       60         344         137         889
        Poland                            30          91          75         197
        Spain                          3,088      33,102       3,088      28,535
        Sweden                        10,469      51,203      15,484      99,171
        United Kingdom                12,603      41,781      20,740      91,615
        Other EU                       1,775       7,638       1,354       7,319
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 3          53           1           9
    Russia                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          308       2,439         408       5,058
    Turkey                               152       2,470         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              305       2,449         586       3,126
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             32,112     179,050      49,050     292,336
Pacific Rim Countries                 65,079     274,186     111,371     515,833
    Australia                             78         358          90         613
    China                             27,629      88,096      52,201     229,345
    Indonesia                            133         474         182         925
    Japan                             14,767      88,997      15,097      76,934
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   20,431      86,258      43,253     205,522
        Hong Kong                        263       1,102          24         148
        Korea                          7,566      30,570      10,426      55,624
        Singapore                         35         156         176         977
        Taiwan                        12,567      54,430      32,626     148,773
        Other Pacific Rim              2,041      10,003         548       2,495
South/Central America                  2,473       5,152       7,171      26,835
        Argentina                          3          43         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                         2,420       4,871       6,936      26,157
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       50         239         234         677
Other Countries                       12,434      42,894      19,620      74,782
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          9,324      34,505      11,314      54,050
        South Africa                   1,992       4,881       6,510      14,377
        Thailand                         457       1,248       1,258       4,575
        Other                            660       2,260         538       1,780
                                           

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
April 2009 (CB-09-78)