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

                                January 2010            January 2009
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                    56,609     214,381      62,401     283,110

North America                         10,421      31,424       4,315      17,139
    Canada                             1,424      10,855       1,233      10,087
    Mexico                             8,997      20,569       3,082       7,053
Europe                                19,721      93,451      20,011     103,932
    European Union                    19,454      91,121      19,808     101,754
        Austria                          178       1,181         306       3,191
        Belgium                        1,401       5,210       1,594       4,133
        Czech Republic                   491      10,347          11         114
        Finland                        1,264       4,770         355       1,283
        France                         1,664       7,397       2,596      10,592
        Germany                        2,399       8,567       2,494      18,650
        Italy                          3,760      15,112       3,597      19,117
        Netherlands                       65       1,696           4          29
        Poland                           (-)           3          13          42
        Spain                            661       6,826         971      10,863
        Sweden                         4,525      19,823       3,500      17,608
        United Kingdom                 2,710       8,694       3,687      13,182
        Other EU                         334       1,496         679       2,951
    Norway                                 3          16         (-)           6
    Russia                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          121         716          93         935
    Turkey                                68       1,252          46         584
    Ukraine                               75         346          64         654
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             11,715      52,188      12,455      69,981
Pacific Rim Countries                 21,099      73,931      30,597     138,426
    Australia                             16         107           9          39
    China                              5,107      16,276      12,600      42,742
    Indonesia                            363       1,188          97         363
    Japan                              6,533      22,409       7,628      48,779
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                    8,775      32,994       9,165      40,790
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                          2,650      10,461       3,435      13,093
        Singapore                         22          89          20          88
        Taiwan                         6,104      22,444       5,710      27,608
        Other Pacific Rim                305         956       1,098       5,713
South/Central America                    759       1,645       1,312       2,847
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                           746       1,605       1,274       2,666
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       13          40          38         181
Other Countries                        4,610      13,930       6,166      20,767
        India                          3,009       9,984       4,267      15,517
        South Africa                   1,111       2,018       1,503       3,757
        Thailand                         188       1,077         131         504
        Other                            302         851         265         988
                                           

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
February 2010 (CB-10-35)