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
                                           

                                      February 2005             February 2004
                                      Cumulative to             Cumulative to
                                      Date - Final              Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   161,961     515,113     120,114     282,644

North America                         21,463      61,199      27,776      67,980
    Canada                             3,595      20,163       9,806      33,050
    Mexico                            17,868      41,037      17,969      34,931
Europe                                81,851     265,679      60,419     137,284
    European Union                    80,547     261,100      60,052     135,967
        Austria                        1,330       5,693         750       2,919
        Belgium                        7,309      23,368       3,203       7,796
        Czech Republic                    84         608           1          11
        Finland                        2,789       9,143         992       2,376
        France                         5,293      20,282       7,214      18,227
        Germany                       11,602      36,144       6,840      16,437
        Hungary                            0           0           0           0
        Italy                         19,564      56,954      10,033      20,325
        Netherlands                       61         477          52         293
        Poland                            77         222           0          10
        Spain                          8,029      26,018       9,764      19,609
        Sweden                        10,851      44,262       8,091      21,944
        United Kingdom                12,896      35,824      12,605      24,821
        Other EU                         661       2,106         508       1,199
    Moldova                                0           0           0           0
    Norway                                 0           7           9          28
    Russia                                15          20          75         117
    Switzerland                          420       1,882         283       1,172
    Turkey                               103         327           0           0
    Ukraine                              621       1,957           0           0
    Other Europe                         145         386           0           0
Euro Area                             56,161     178,754      38,944      88,286
Pacific Rim Countries                 43,492     147,747      23,005      60,284
    Australia                             91         253          44         150
    China                             16,503      53,539       4,937      11,692
    Indonesia                            121         360          51         129
    Japan                              5,287      23,066       4,230      15,607
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   20,896      68,642      13,336      31,827
        Hong Kong                          1           4          20          70
        Korea                          7,746      25,523       4,779      11,238
        Singapore                        105         323         113         270
        Taiwan                        13,044      42,792       8,424      20,249
        Other Pacific Rim                593       1,887         406         878
South/Central America                  4,241      10,230       2,222       4,030
        Argentina                          2           7           0           0
        Brazil                         4,074      10,075       2,147       3,911
        Chile                              0           0           0           0
        Colombia                           0           0           0           0
        Venezuela                          0           0           2           3
        Other S/C A                      164         147          73         116
Other Countries                       10,914      30,258       6,692      13,066
        Egypt                              0           0           0           0
        India                          7,028      20,117       5,240      10,634
        South Africa                   2,440       6,274       1,220       1,903
        Thailand                       1,034       2,774         188         403
        Other                            412       1,093          44         126
                                           
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 Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
March 2005 (CB-05-54)