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

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

Total Census Basis                   503,735   2,049,824     931,423   4,660,054

North America                         80,566     239,919     104,560     454,858
    Canada                            13,351     102,395      18,875     178,420
    Mexico                            67,215     137,524      85,685     276,438
Europe                               199,466     946,305     313,617   1,888,885
    European Union                   195,967     909,801     308,162   1,844,252
        Austria                        3,183      25,274       5,563      44,358
        Belgium                       13,242      45,005      13,259      85,192
        Czech Republic                 1,894      37,923       1,989      31,946
        Finland                        5,352      15,632      10,468      56,692
        France                        18,034      90,412      34,202     190,894
        Germany                       25,916     144,342      32,694     201,001
        Hungary                            5          13         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         38,308     159,787      61,680     349,782
        Netherlands                      199       1,157         445       3,263
        Poland                            47         141          75         197
        Spain                          7,482      73,400      11,765     131,225
        Sweden                        37,934     167,055      60,470     394,370
        United Kingdom                40,224     132,483      67,535     309,287
        Other EU                       4,146      17,177       8,018      46,044
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                42         321           8       1,000
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          14          55
    Switzerland                        1,225       8,468       1,666      19,508
    Turkey                             1,031      20,270         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                            1,200       7,427       3,767      24,070
    Other Europe                           1          19         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            115,291     568,998     175,200   1,090,249
Pacific Rim Countries                176,416     731,436     412,452   1,909,778
    Australia                            121         643         171       1,346
    China                             55,565     192,656     194,280     824,328
    Indonesia                            497       1,609       1,192       5,691
    Japan                             39,524     238,233      63,339     311,377
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   77,149     283,297     147,800     738,894
        Hong Kong                        273       1,172         262       1,389
        Korea                         23,031      87,963      37,581     202,369
        Singapore                        222         885         617       3,205
        Taiwan                        53,623     193,277     109,340     531,932
        Other Pacific Rim              3,560      14,999       5,669      28,141
South/Central America                 11,957      24,995      22,116      91,096
        Argentina                         51         244          40         232
        Brazil                        11,844      24,321      20,917      87,283
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         153         289
        Colombia                          12         179           6          78
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       51         251       1,000       3,215
Other Countries                       35,330     107,169      78,678     315,437
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         28,222      89,046      48,642     232,138
        South Africa                   3,529       7,817      19,794      41,001
        Thailand                       1,270       4,214       6,942      29,185
        Other                          2,309       6,092       3,300      13,114
                                           

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
December 2009 (CB-10-11)