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

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

Total Census Basis                   451,237   1,844,646     857,715   4,308,936

North America                         71,461     207,846      99,841     431,302
    Canada                            11,899      91,041      17,562     164,965
    Mexico                            59,562     116,805      82,279     266,337
Europe                               180,410     857,386     288,099   1,732,569
    European Union                   177,215     823,676     282,952   1,690,803
        Austria                        2,755      22,855       5,188      39,713
        Belgium                       11,809      38,853      12,229      79,414
        Czech Republic                 1,711      35,117       1,788      26,987
        Finland                        4,793      13,741       9,783      53,154
        France                        16,523      83,372      31,441     173,756
        Germany                       23,368     132,678      30,405     185,483
        Hungary                            3           5         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         33,992     139,945      55,181     316,147
        Netherlands                      195       1,135         317       2,260
        Poland                            47         141          75         197
        Spain                          7,327      71,669      10,569     115,214
        Sweden                        33,676     146,346      55,649     363,609
        United Kingdom                37,033     121,499      63,017     292,223
        Other EU                       3,982      16,320       7,310      42,645
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                38         288           7         975
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          14          55
    Switzerland                        1,059       7,589       1,516      17,997
    Turkey                               960      18,739         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                            1,137       7,075       3,611      22,740
    Other Europe                           1          19         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            104,181     517,443     159,710     990,602
Pacific Rim Countries                156,840     661,409     377,558   1,769,879
    Australia                            102         570         170       1,187
    China                             50,070     174,436     176,606     765,374
    Indonesia                            387       1,251       1,096       5,343
    Japan                             33,408     218,089      57,780     280,734
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   69,537     252,700     137,173     693,828
        Hong Kong                        272       1,149         262       1,389
        Korea                         21,045      80,260      34,649     187,627
        Singapore                        179         731         596       3,109
        Taiwan                        48,041     170,559     101,665     501,703
        Other Pacific Rim              3,337      14,362       4,734      23,412
South/Central America                 10,441      21,064      20,887      87,244
        Argentina                         49         238          10          61
        Brazil                        10,329      20,395      19,805      83,992
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         153         289
        Colombia                          12         179           6          78
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       51         251         913       2,825
Other Countries                       32,085      96,942      71,331     287,942
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         25,287      79,440      43,730     213,067
        South Africa                   3,411       7,628      18,511      37,975
        Thailand                       1,254       4,168       6,066      25,035
        Other                          2,132       5,707       3,023      11,865
                                           

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 Janet Freas
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
November 2009 (CB-09-193)