Nearest Foreign Equivalents of AISI

                    Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steels

     U.S.      French            German              Russian    Japanese
     AISI      AFNOR             VD Eh                GOST         JIS
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     301       Z12CN18-8       X12CrNi17-7           Kh17N8       SUS39

     302       Z12CN18-10      X12CrNi18-8           1Kh17N9      SUS40
                                                     Kh18N9
                                                     1Kh18N9

     302B                                            OKh18N9S2

     303                       X12CrNi18-8

     304       Z6CN18-10       X5CrNi18-9            OKh18N9      SUS27
                                                     OKh18N9
                                                     OKh18N11

     304L      Z3CN18-10                             Kh18N8       SUS28

     309       Z15CNS25-13     X15CrNiSi20-12        Kh23N13
                                                     Kh25N15

     309S                                                         SUS41

     310       Z15CNS25-20     X15CrNiSi25-20        Kh25N20

     310S                                                         SUS42

     314                       X15CrNiSi25-20

     316       Z6CND18-12      X5CrNiMo18-12         Kh18N9M      SUS32

     316L      Z3CND18-12      X3CrNiMo18-13                      SUS33

     317                       X5CrNiMo17-13

     318*      Z8CNDNb18-12    X10CrNiMoNb18-12      1Kh16N13M2B
                                                     1Kh16N13M3B

     321       Z10CNT18-10     X10CrNiTi18-9         Kh18N9T      SUS29
                                                     1Kh18N9T
                                                     1Kh18N9T

     330*      Z20NCS36-18                           Kh15N35
                                                     2Kh15N35
                                                     3Kh15N35

     347       Z10CNNb18-10    X10CrNiNb18-9         OKh18N9B     SUS43
                                                     Kh18N11B
                                                     Kh18N11B
                                                     Kh18N11B
                                                     OKh18N9BS

Note: There are no foreign equivalents for AISI types 303Se, 305, 308 and 348.
      * = Not standard type.