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 2011            January 2010
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                    84,626     357,536      56,609     214,381

North America                          9,596      33,871      10,421      31,424
    Canada                             1,564      12,128       1,424      10,855
    Mexico                             8,031      21,743       8,997      20,569
Europe                                35,411     151,896      19,721      93,451
    European Union                    31,938     142,360      19,454      91,121
        Austria                          742       4,711         178       1,181
        Belgium                        2,067       9,370       1,401       5,210
        Czech Republic                    54         382         491      10,347
        Finland                          753       3,212       1,264       4,770
        France                         2,591      11,330       1,664       7,397
        Germany                        9,441      38,493       2,399       8,567
        Italy                          5,591      24,465       3,760      15,112
        Netherlands                        9          78          65       1,696
        Poland                            57         170           0           3
        Spain                            418       2,337         661       6,826
        Sweden                         4,437      23,594       4,525      19,823
        United Kingdom                 5,138      20,838       2,710       8,694
        Other EU                         639       3,381         334       1,496
    Norway                                13         100           3          16
    Russia                                 0           0           0           0
    Switzerland                          300       1,708         121         716
    Turkey                                 0           0          68       1,252
    Ukraine                            3,159       7,727          75         346
    Other Europe                           0           0           0           0
Euro Area                             22,212      97,091      11,715      52,188
Pacific Rim Countries                 30,734     140,923      21,099      73,931
    Australia                              0           0          16         107
    China                             11,364      40,270       5,107      16,276
    Indonesia                            365       1,266         363       1,188
    Japan                              5,426      36,413       6,533      22,409
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   13,164      61,405       8,775      32,994
        Hong Kong                          0           0           0           0
        Korea                          4,329      20,651       2,650      10,461
        Singapore                         42         197          22          89
        Taiwan                         8,794      40,557       6,104      22,444
        Other Pacific Rim                415       1,569         305         956
South/Central America                  1,375       4,082         759       1,645
        Argentina                          0           0           0           0
        Brazil                         1,375       4,082         746       1,605
        Chile                              0           0           0           0
        Colombia                           0           0           0           0
        Venezuela                          0           0           0           0
        Other S/C A                        0           0          13          40
Other Countries                        7,510      26,765       4,610      13,930
        India                          4,444      17,673       3,009       9,984
        South Africa                   1,430       3,242       1,111       2,018
        Thailand                         714       2,712         188       1,077
        Other                            922       3,139         302         851
                                            

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.ht
ml.

CONTACT:  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Janet Fre
as (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
February 2011 (CB-11-50)