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

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

Total Census Basis                   275,629   1,157,758     527,331   2,624,704

North America                         36,808     109,998      64,441     269,211
    Canada                             6,704      51,855      11,185     100,119
    Mexico                            30,104      58,142      53,256     169,091
Europe                               110,795     540,550     173,304   1,025,920
    European Union                   109,211     523,464     170,854   1,007,666
        Austria                        1,567      14,460       4,078      28,578
        Belgium                        7,467      23,290       8,285      54,236
        Czech Republic                   878      17,422         319       3,569
        Finland                        2,537       7,013       6,513      34,844
        France                        10,664      53,395      18,732     105,748
        Germany                       12,558      81,257      17,991     108,248
        Hungary                            3           5         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         19,735      85,934      31,875     181,428
        Netherlands                      153         895         238       1,484
        Poland                            30          91          75         197
        Spain                          6,077      58,864       6,509      68,701
        Sweden                        21,329      93,274      33,040     217,206
        United Kingdom                23,429      76,009      39,287     180,916
        Other EU                       2,784      11,553       3,910      22,512
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 9          96           3          19
    Russia                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          597       4,533         821       8,871
    Turkey                               439       8,061         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              539       4,396       1,627       9,364
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             63,063     334,055      96,848     597,271
Pacific Rim Countries                101,840     429,524     234,806   1,112,482
    Australia                            102         570         108         833
    China                             35,659     122,001     114,482     494,659
    Indonesia                            172         588         460       2,081
    Japan                             23,809     142,358      31,415     161,223
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   39,383     151,264      86,535     444,848
        Hong Kong                        263       1,102         209       1,074
        Korea                         12,982      52,971      21,083     116,008
        Singapore                        121         495         397       2,080
        Taiwan                        26,018      96,696      64,845     325,686
        Other Pacific Rim              2,715      12,743       1,807       8,838
South/Central America                  5,456      11,738      14,343      57,349
        Argentina                         49         238         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                         5,354      11,233      13,794      55,927
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           1          19         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       51         247         549       1,423
Other Countries                       20,730      65,948      40,436     159,742
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         16,158      53,977      25,275     121,739
        South Africa                   2,367       5,680      11,146      22,770
        Thailand                         731       2,100       2,539      10,257
        Other                          1,474       4,190       1,477       4,976
                                           

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
July 2009 (CB-09-129)