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

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

Total Census Basis                   432,395   1,936,445     313,812   1,243,238

North America                         47,432     173,450      49,368     157,881
    Canada                             8,534      67,565       7,756      58,241
    Mexico                            38,897     105,885      41,612      99,640
Europe                               191,108     906,590     121,469     550,866
    European Union                   185,100     882,222     119,164     527,671
        Austria                        2,081      16,083         772       5,504
        Belgium                       11,097      52,035       7,917      31,692
        Czech Republic                   513       3,275       1,979      39,435
        Finland                        4,091      18,327       4,638      17,236
        France                        14,335      64,315       8,165      41,756
        Germany                       44,854     192,320      15,429      62,942
        Italy                         38,061     182,671      28,121     110,631
        Netherlands                      192         845         137       2,054
        Poland                            57         170         (-)           3
        Spain                          2,978      23,503       2,821      20,734
        Sweden                        29,591     171,283      24,378     109,507
        United Kingdom                33,988     140,651      22,807      77,312
        Other EU                       3,263      16,744       2,000       8,866
    Norway                               111         536          11          59
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          18          30
    Switzerland                        1,056       7,825         609       5,149
    Turkey                                 3          24         713      13,337
    Ukraine                            4,838      15,982         955       4,620
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            120,429     563,735      69,619     299,462
Pacific Rim Countries                148,128     697,003     110,910     438,484
    Australia                             15         130          16         107
    China                             55,608     212,191      29,275      92,912
    Indonesia                          1,433       5,413       1,183       4,395
    Japan                             29,315     180,539      28,056     135,255
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   59,649     290,599      50,102     198,454
        Hong Kong                         11          76           6          43
        Korea                         19,704      96,226      14,954      60,915
        Singapore                        208       1,001          82         333
        Taiwan                        39,727     193,296      35,061     137,164
        Other Pacific Rim              2,107       8,132       2,278       7,362
South/Central America                  8,401      26,009       6,933      16,886
        Argentina                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                         8,376      25,763       6,920      16,846
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           4         123         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       22         123          13          40
Other Countries                       37,327     133,393      25,132      79,121
        India                         20,839      88,055      18,487      62,788
        South Africa                   8,356      16,144       2,571       4,728
        Thailand                       3,608      13,906       1,482       4,733
        Other                          4,523      15,287       2,593       6,872
                                           

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
June 2011 (CB-11-127)