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
                                           

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

Total Census Basis                   468,029   1,577,644     412,738   1,090,893

North America                         67,170     194,418      87,548     229,081
    Canada                            11,033      62,353      28,209     103,894
    Mexico                            56,138     132,064      59,340     125,187
Europe                               237,330     835,093     208,855     549,909
    European Union                   233,567     819,837     206,837     543,660
        Austria                        4,389      20,523       2,985      11,994
        Belgium                       20,149      74,641      13,624      36,093
        Czech Republic                   291       2,350         502       4,846
        Finland                        7,455      24,385       3,907      11,226
        France                        16,369      70,852      21,301      61,287
        Germany                       27,569      92,807      29,890      82,616
        Hungary                            3           7           9          12
        Italy                         46,468     151,703      29,850      71,847
        Netherlands                      141       1,039         207       1,356
        Poland                           138         415          43          92
        Spain                         26,289      87,663      30,693      71,997
        Sweden                        34,505     143,350      29,565      89,933
        United Kingdom                46,752     139,882      42,432      94,894
        Other EU                       3,049      10,220       1,831       5,469
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                40         186          22          69
    Russia                                15          26         756       1,494
    Switzerland                        1,767       8,834       1,015       4,118
    Turkey                               141         453         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                            1,626       5,219         106         219
    Other Europe                         173         539         119         349
Euro Area                            149,693     526,970     132,664     349,139
Pacific Rim Countries                120,477     428,599      85,388     245,208
    Australia                            225         876          69         257
    China                             40,725     127,883      22,885      56,372
    Indonesia                            544       1,668         148         374
    Japan                             17,281      85,630      11,655      43,571
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   59,780     205,947      49,282     141,535
        Hong Kong                        357       1,268          22          89
        Korea                         20,960      72,051      15,186      43,163
        Singapore                        643       2,131         644       1,725
        Taiwan                        37,820     130,496      33,430      96,558
        Other Pacific Rim              1,922       6,595       1,349       3,099
South/Central America                 12,002      30,401       6,408      13,259
        Argentina                          5          24         (-)         (-)
        Brazil                        11,512      30,012       6,169      12,867
        Chile                            (-)         (-)          24          19
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)           2           3
        Other S/C A                      485         365         213         369
Other Countries                       31,050      89,133      24,539      53,435
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         19,264      58,822      16,803      39,727
        South Africa                   7,687      19,276       6,026       9,530
        Thailand                       3,044       8,219       1,088       2,697
        Other                          1,056       2,816         622       1,482
                                           
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
July 2005 (CB-05-123)