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

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

Total Census Basis                   399,616   1,636,221     778,233   3,917,157

North America                         62,183     179,240      94,521     401,441
    Canada                            10,407      78,910      15,932     147,170
    Mexico                            51,777     100,330      78,588     254,271
Europe                               160,963     770,838     260,131   1,566,948
    European Union                   158,255     739,903     255,687   1,531,672
        Austria                        2,533      21,280       4,843      36,369
        Belgium                       10,522      33,354      11,498      75,086
        Czech Republic                 1,466      30,527       1,774      26,910
        Finland                        4,024      10,724       8,975      49,033
        France                        15,333      77,806      28,454     157,282
        Germany                       20,738     119,226      27,698     168,711
        Hungary                            3           5         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         30,010     124,166      50,966     291,288
        Netherlands                      186       1,094         311       2,152
        Poland                            30          91          75         197
        Spain                          7,152      70,385       9,201     100,277
        Sweden                        28,908     126,014      48,938     322,112
        United Kingdom                33,599     110,029      56,310     263,488
        Other EU                       3,752      15,203       6,643      38,769
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                38         288           7         975
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          14          55
    Switzerland                          834       6,214       1,295      13,859
    Turkey                               910      18,304         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              925       6,110       3,130      20,386
    Other Europe                           1          19         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             93,759     470,505     146,134     903,256
Pacific Rim Countries                139,414     582,013     339,257   1,606,013
    Australia                            102         570         170       1,187
    China                             44,191     153,431     161,817     705,414
    Indonesia                            199         674         941       4,581
    Japan                             30,509     192,915      51,035     250,544
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   61,217     220,449     121,347     624,989
        Hong Kong                        272       1,149         262       1,389
        Korea                         19,084      72,807      30,492     169,469
        Singapore                        161         657         558       2,914
        Taiwan                        41,700     145,835      90,035     451,216
        Other Pacific Rim              3,197      13,975       3,948      19,298
South/Central America                  8,754      17,476      19,178      80,400
        Argentina                         49         238          10          61
        Brazil                         8,653      16,971      18,199      77,631
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         153         289
        Colombia                           1          19         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       51         247         816       2,418
Other Countries                       28,302      86,655      65,146     262,355
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         22,521      71,542      39,754     194,522
        South Africa                   2,782       6,606      16,859      33,436
        Thailand                       1,005       3,130       5,703      23,398
        Other                          1,992       5,377       2,830      10,999
                                           

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
October 2009 (CB-09-175)