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

Total Census Basis                   161,205     691,545     111,134     433,633

North America                         18,375      63,866      20,700      61,021
    Canada                             3,071      24,029       2,921      21,222
    Mexico                            15,305      39,837      17,779      39,800
Europe                                69,392     310,838      40,543     192,182
    European Union                    65,539     299,091      39,727     183,440
        Austria                        1,075       6,573         323       2,072
        Belgium                        4,257      18,857       2,106       8,090
        Czech Republic                    70         671       1,155      24,067
        Finland                        1,661       7,519       2,526       9,178
        France                         5,739      25,430       3,111      13,500
        Germany                       17,015      70,722       4,356      16,292
        Italy                         11,629      54,368       7,732      32,352
        Netherlands                      131         503          69       1,720
        Poland                            57         170         (-)           3
        Spain                            936       6,860       1,307      11,704
        Sweden                         9,793      52,910       9,084      39,109
        United Kingdom                12,022      48,545       7,426      22,903
        Other EU                       1,155       5,963         531       2,450
    Norway                                24         234          10          53
    Russia                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          415       2,537         226       1,545
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         354       6,040
    Ukraine                            3,413       8,977         226       1,104
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             43,433     195,851      22,039      97,139
Pacific Rim Countries                 56,326     256,895      38,454     148,393
    Australia                            (-)         (-)          16         107
    China                             21,866      80,195       9,389      30,847
    Indonesia                            531       1,940         526       1,785
    Japan                             10,718      65,112      12,433      55,717
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   22,522     107,003      15,471      57,875
        Hong Kong                          8          39         (-)           7
        Korea                          7,626      37,432       4,415      18,124
        Singapore                         92         483          22          97
        Taiwan                        14,796      69,049      11,034      39,646
        Other Pacific Rim                690       2,645         620       2,063
South/Central America                  3,902      11,366       2,874       6,146
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                         3,902      11,366       2,861       6,106
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      (-)         (-)          13          40
Other Countries                       13,210      48,579       8,564      25,891
        India                          8,101      32,992       5,992      19,813
        South Africa                   1,970       4,637       1,418       2,538
        Thailand                       1,286       4,746         276       1,349
        Other                          1,853       6,204         878       2,191
                                            

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
March 2011 (CB-11-68)