Not Seasonally Adjusted
                                           
        Exhibit 4B:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Stainless Steel Products
                 from Selected Countries and Areas:  (Census Basis)
                                           
               Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars.
                    Details may not equal totals due to rounding
                                           

                                      May 2003                  May 2002
                                      Cumulative to             Cumulative to
                                      Date - Final              Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   303,068     600,706     400,914     665,779

North America                         90,809     173,238      85,982     154,129
        Canada                        53,999     115,591      56,150     113,684
        Mexico                        36,810      57,647      29,831      40,445
Western Europe                       128,035     251,436     178,695     282,813
    Euro Area (2)                     75,213     152,624     126,702     200,686
    European Union                   126,834     247,399     177,044     277,628
        Austria                        1,599       5,605       1,636       6,807
        Belgium                        9,466      17,660      16,739      23,548
        Finland                        3,377       6,054       2,634       4,615
        France                        16,211      38,796      14,841      35,301
        Germany                       14,508      33,304      13,640      27,784
        Italy                         22,379      34,387      22,363      41,589
        Netherlands                      234         228         150         712
        Spain                          7,158      15,608      54,318      59,346
        Sweden                        28,885      61,216      22,596      43,287
        United Kingdom                21,858      31,579      26,401      31,209
        Other EU                       1,160       2,963       1,726       3,430
    European Free Trade                                                         
    Association                        1,082       3,847       1,192       3,696
        Norway                           166         455         401         846
        Switzerland                      916       3,392         791       2,850
        Other EFTA                         0           0           0           0
    Turkey                                 0           0         109         826
    Other Western Europe                 119         190         349         664
Eastern Europe/FSR                     1,240       3,095         838       1,423
        Poland                             1           3           0           0
        Former Soviet Republics        1,166       2,128         615       1,054
            Moldova                        0           0           0           0
            Ukraine                      258         464         193         356
            Russia                       598         975         421         688
            Other FSR                    311         690           0          10
        Other EE                          73         964         223         369
Pacific Rim Countries                 53,049     122,321      62,580     138,369
        Australia                         18         147          77         423
        China                          8,066      16,578       6,494      12,005
        Indonesia                        187         422         128         167
        Japan                          8,176      32,498       8,416      36,818
        Korea                         10,896      23,913      15,689      33,130
        Taiwan                        24,361      45,964      30,114      52,290
        Other Pacific Rim              1,346       2,799       1,662       3,536
South/Central America                  6,302       9,941       4,918       6,721
        Argentina                          1           2           0           2
        Brazil                         5,996       9,587       4,533       6,245
        Colombia                          26          21         199         148
        Venezuela                          0           0           0           0
        Other S/C A                      279         331         186         326
Other Countries                       23,633      40,675      67,901      82,324
        India                         14,753      27,978      58,174      69,031
        South Africa                   5,898       7,726       6,818       8,529
        Other                          2,982       4,971       2,909       4,763
                                           
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 Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick
Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
June 2003 (CB-03-115)