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
                                           

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

Total Census Basis                   681,711   2,326,150     648,974   1,747,844

North America                        101,974     300,750     125,196     327,797
    Canada                            15,637      90,377      34,125     134,461
    Mexico                            86,337     210,374      91,070     193,336
Europe                               331,280   1,193,902     322,224     869,967
    European Union                   325,149   1,168,228     319,339     858,779
        Austria                        6,631      32,414       4,160      17,152
        Belgium                       27,117     101,330      20,802      56,459
        Czech Republic                   393       3,403         763       7,901
        Finland                       13,431      41,722       8,197      23,152
        France                        24,234     110,922      30,877      89,878
        Germany                       47,077     158,106      46,613     130,882
        Hungary                            3           7           9          12
        Italy                         60,740     203,878      51,597     128,797
        Netherlands                      223       1,558         383       2,078
        Poland                           142         426          88         189
        Spain                         30,411     111,496      46,287     112,882
        Sweden                        49,318     205,008      44,348     138,104
        United Kingdom                61,398     184,159      62,169     142,361
        Other EU                       4,030      13,798       3,045       8,931
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                62         892          51         166
    Russia                                84         153         854       1,705
    Switzerland                        2,638      12,967       1,619       7,177
    Turkey                               153         519          17         113
    Ukraine                            3,021      10,604         224       1,678
    Other Europe                         173         539         119         349
Euro Area                            210,912     765,540     209,378     562,845
Pacific Rim Countries                186,788     658,227     152,674     439,903
    Australia                            311       1,257         149         537
    China                             66,278     202,689      51,370     128,606
    Indonesia                            816       2,862         241         607
    Japan                             25,951     128,864      17,590      66,379
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   90,729     313,121      81,323     238,689
        Hong Kong                        512       1,842         169         594
        Korea                         31,276     107,938      28,277      80,620
        Singapore                      1,123       3,882         962       2,693
        Taiwan                        57,819     199,459      51,915     154,782
        Other Pacific Rim              2,703       9,435       2,000       5,086
South/Central America                 16,416      41,677       9,131      19,172
        Argentina                         15          38         (-)           3
        Brazil                        15,832      41,142       8,748      18,511
        Chile                            (-)         (-)          24          19
        Colombia                           4          58         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)           9           2           3
        Other S/C A                      565         430         357         635
Other Countries                       45,253     131,593      39,750      91,005
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         27,887      88,416      25,810      63,972
        South Africa                  12,080      28,543      10,682      18,142
        Thailand                       3,641      10,281       2,220       5,944
        Other                          1,646       4,354       1,038       2,948
                                           
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
October 2005 (CB-05-167)