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

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

Total Census Basis                   195,089     846,267     349,046   1,694,549

North America                         22,260      72,620      42,802     174,131
    Canada                             4,669      37,135       7,427      64,849
    Mexico                            17,591      35,486      35,375     109,282
Europe                                75,386     379,741     115,630     661,624
    European Union                    74,315     369,213     114,118     649,229
        Austria                        1,023       9,734       3,325      21,974
        Belgium                        5,344      16,270       5,847      38,461
        Czech Republic                   770      16,323         198       2,383
        Finland                        1,852       5,587       5,039      26,859
        France                         7,617      36,988      11,600      67,623
        Germany                        7,590      51,533      11,352      61,417
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         13,670      62,296      22,627     125,122
        Netherlands                       83         481         190       1,212
        Poland                            30          91          75         197
        Spain                          4,114      43,273       3,928      38,892
        Sweden                        14,341      65,537      21,395     135,904
        United Kingdom                15,603      51,436      26,440     117,741
        Other EU                       2,279       9,665       2,101      11,446
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 3          53           2          16
    Russia                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          439       3,477         540       6,480
    Turkey                               233       3,878         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              397       3,120         969       5,899
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Euro Area                         43,136     233,450      65,547     389,870
Pacific Rim Countries                 78,826     335,886     155,401     721,586
    Australia                             78         358          90         613
    China                             30,632     100,090      74,903     322,255
    Indonesia                            133         474         387       1,729
    Japan                             19,308     115,873      20,440     102,042
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   26,421     108,125      58,694     290,813
        Hong Kong                        263       1,102          65         399
        Korea                          9,086      37,035      13,864      76,881
        Singapore                         55         233         295       1,542
        Taiwan                        17,017      69,755      44,470     211,991
        Other Pacific Rim              2,255      10,965         885       4,133
South/Central America                  3,335       6,865      10,050      38,123
        Argentina                         49         233         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                         3,234       6,366       9,660      37,168
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           1          19         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       51         247         390         955
Other Countries                       15,282      51,153      25,163      99,085
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         11,626      41,406      15,792      75,203
        South Africa                   2,152       5,239       6,937      15,141
        Thailand                         541       1,537       1,644       6,198
        Other                            963       2,971         791       2,544
                                          

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
May 2009 (CB-09-94)