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

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

Total Census Basis                   176,600     694,062     153,046     667,274

North America                         30,514      92,746      16,293      54,633
    Canada                             4,547      33,523       3,622      28,601
    Mexico                            25,967      59,222      12,672      26,032
Europe                                67,333     308,484      56,767     290,408
    European Union                    66,147     296,472      55,999     282,996
        Austria                          464       3,062         776       7,703
        Belgium                        4,249      16,569       3,714      11,230
        Czech Republic                 1,372      27,857         404       8,774
        Finland                        3,399      12,593       1,417       4,598
        France                         4,985      26,091       5,923      28,988
        Germany                        7,749      30,766       5,744      39,369
        Italy                         13,762      56,189       9,995      48,177
        Netherlands                       86       1,832          60         344
        Poland                           (-)           3          30          91
        Spain                          2,237      17,061       3,088      33,102
        Sweden                        14,103      60,505      10,469      51,203
        United Kingdom                12,762      39,502      12,603      41,781
        Other EU                         980       4,442       1,775       7,638
    Norway                                10          53           3          53
    Russia                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          372       2,413         308       2,439
    Turkey                               452       7,706         152       2,470
    Ukraine                              353       1,840         305       2,449
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             37,852     168,179      32,112     179,050
Pacific Rim Countries                 60,784     241,286      65,079     274,186
    Australia                             16         107          78         358
    China                             14,417      46,490      27,629      88,096
    Indonesia                            728       2,671         133         474
    Japan                             18,445      90,547      14,767      88,997
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   25,952      97,498      20,431      86,258
        Hong Kong                          6          43         263       1,102
        Korea                          7,462      30,559       7,566      30,570
        Singapore                         42         180          35         156
        Taiwan                        18,442      66,716      12,567      54,430
        Other Pacific Rim              1,225       3,973       2,041      10,003
South/Central America                  3,931       8,950       2,473       5,152
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)           3          43
        Brazil                         3,918       8,910       2,420       4,871
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       13          40          50         239
Other Countries                       14,038      42,597      12,434      42,894
        India                         10,085      33,087       9,324      34,505
        South Africa                   1,864       3,487       1,992       4,881
        Thailand                         709       2,486         457       1,248
        Other                          1,381       3,537         660       2,260
                                            

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
April 2010 (CB-10-70)