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
                                           

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

Total Census Basis                   748,783   2,562,993     732,715   1,989,908

North America                        113,092     335,721     137,789     363,137
    Canada                            17,480     102,295      36,130     145,537
    Mexico                            95,612     233,426     101,660     217,600
Europe                               358,074   1,301,162     364,399     992,210
    European Union                   351,507   1,273,685     361,013     979,330
        Austria                        7,128      35,975       4,782      19,893
        Belgium                       28,970     107,964      23,443      64,829
        Czech Republic                   507       4,858         772       7,954
        Finland                       15,291      47,065       9,229      26,212
        France                        26,237     120,694      33,822      98,561
        Germany                       50,127     169,470      54,906     157,430
        Hungary                            3           7           9          12
        Italy                         65,572     221,864      59,607     149,086
        Netherlands                      271       1,809         437       2,242
        Poland                           153         464         127         271
        Spain                         31,801     120,700      51,816     125,596
        Sweden                        54,757     227,822      49,757     157,017
        United Kingdom                66,085     199,004      69,112     160,757
        Other EU                       4,606      15,987       3,195       9,470
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                62         895          51         171
    Russia                               103         186         971       1,857
    Switzerland                        2,925      14,225       1,849       8,185
    Turkey                               153         519          34         228
    Ukraine                            3,150      11,111         362       2,090
    Other Europe                         173         539         119         349
Euro Area                            226,688     830,597     238,543     645,566
Pacific Rim Countries                208,940     732,914     173,696     503,333
    Australia                            318       1,283         154         555
    China                             73,560     223,884      58,087     146,877
    Indonesia                            936       3,251         353         944
    Japan                             28,458     142,362      20,000      75,743
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                  102,661     351,808      93,024     273,881
        Hong Kong                        657       2,306         169         594
        Korea                         35,285     122,193      33,101      94,459
        Singapore                      1,166       4,061       1,007       2,767
        Taiwan                        65,554     223,248      58,746     176,060
        Other Pacific Rim              3,007      10,326       2,078       5,334
South/Central America                 18,855      48,041      10,700      23,195
        Argentina                         15          38         (-)           3
        Brazil                        18,271      47,505      10,236      22,462
        Chile                            (-)         (-)          24          19
        Colombia                           4          58         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)           9           2           3
        Other S/C A                      565         430         438         707
Other Countries                       49,821     145,156      46,130     108,033
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         30,680      97,867      29,199      73,909
        South Africa                  13,548      31,679      12,864      23,308
        Thailand                       3,824      10,938       2,730       7,177
        Other                          1,768       4,672       1,338       3,639
                                           
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
November 2005 (CB-05-181)