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

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

Total Census Basis                   111,134     433,633     105,813     461,175

North America                         20,700      61,021      10,234      35,237
    Canada                             2,921      21,222       2,313      18,280
    Mexico                            17,779      39,800       7,921      16,957
Europe                                40,543     192,182      37,989     187,909
    European Union                    39,727     183,440      37,607     184,176
        Austria                          323       2,072         520       5,436
        Belgium                        2,106       8,090       2,720       8,069
        Czech Republic                 1,155      24,067          21         311
        Finland                        2,526       9,178         934       3,438
        France                         3,111      13,500       4,091      18,442
        Germany                        4,356      16,292       4,452      29,629
        Italy                          7,732      32,352       5,492      29,670
        Netherlands                       69       1,720          24         170
        Poland                           (-)           3          13          42
        Spain                          1,307      11,704       1,999      21,060
        Sweden                         9,084      39,109       7,361      34,590
        United Kingdom                 7,426      22,903       8,901      28,621
        Other EU                         531       2,450       1,078       4,700
    Norway                                10          53           3          53
    Russia                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          226       1,545         130       1,294
    Turkey                               354       6,040          73         983
    Ukraine                              226       1,104         176       1,403
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             22,039      97,139      21,120     119,440
Pacific Rim Countries                 38,454     148,393      47,284     205,383
    Australia                             16         107          10          45
    China                              9,389      30,847      20,337      68,204
    Indonesia                            526       1,785         117         435
    Japan                             12,433      55,717      10,803      65,145
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   15,471      57,875      14,624      64,510
        Hong Kong                        (-)           7         263       1,102
        Korea                          4,415      18,124       5,340      21,687
        Singapore                         22          97          35         156
        Taiwan                        11,034      39,646       8,987      41,565
        Other Pacific Rim                620       2,063       1,394       7,045
South/Central America                  2,874       6,146       1,943       4,106
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)           3          43
        Brazil                         2,861       6,106       1,891       3,824
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       13          40          50         239
Other Countries                        8,564      25,891       8,362      28,540
        India                          5,992      19,813       6,061      22,046
        South Africa                   1,418       2,538       1,645       4,093
        Thailand                         276       1,349         167         630
        Other                            878       2,191         490       1,771
                                            

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
March 2010 (CB-10-56)