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

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

Total Census Basis                   356,304   1,468,714     707,149   3,553,871

North America                         53,995     153,715      85,869     359,955
    Canada                             8,997      67,609      14,085     128,730
    Mexico                            44,998      86,106      71,784     231,225
Europe                               144,832     698,603     235,839   1,417,800
    European Union                   142,387     670,841     232,179   1,389,319
        Austria                        2,376      20,325       4,624      34,336
        Belgium                        9,095      28,580      10,559      69,178
        Czech Republic                 1,403      29,517         670      11,401
        Finland                        3,766       9,992       8,314      45,243
        France                        14,082      67,507      25,289     144,353
        Germany                       17,778     105,474      24,778     149,731
        Hungary                            3           5         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         26,956     112,638      47,667     272,551
        Netherlands                      176       1,032         284       1,904
        Poland                            30          91          75         197
        Spain                          7,024      69,152       8,314      92,888
        Sweden                        25,623     113,188      43,930     289,167
        United Kingdom                30,687      99,651      51,892     244,603
        Other EU                       3,387      13,688       5,782      33,767
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                38         288           3          23
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          14          55
    Switzerland                          809       5,967       1,229      13,129
    Turkey                               816      16,077         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              782       5,430       2,415      15,274
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             84,157     425,717     133,534     830,539
Pacific Rim Countries                124,288     522,477     310,818   1,474,184
    Australia                            102         570         170       1,187
    China                             39,523     137,798     150,411     656,804
    Indonesia                            199         674         908       4,381
    Japan                             28,501     176,774      45,180     220,331
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   52,958     193,181     110,887     575,671
        Hong Kong                        263       1,102         233       1,166
        Korea                         16,835      65,427      27,523     154,098
        Singapore                        139         570         513       2,674
        Taiwan                        35,721     126,082      82,618     417,732
        Other Pacific Rim              3,005      13,480       3,262      15,810
South/Central America                  7,848      15,771      17,408      72,849
        Argentina                         49         238         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                         7,746      15,267      16,695      70,869
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           1          19         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       51         247         713       1,980
Other Countries                       25,340      78,148      57,215     229,083
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         19,814      63,843      35,179     172,220
        South Africa                   2,689       6,376      15,078      29,804
        Thailand                         953       2,790       5,033      20,542
        Other                          1,884       5,140       1,925       6,516
                                           

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
September 2009 (CB-09-160)