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
                                           

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

Total Census Basis                   816,514   2,796,176     819,368   2,239,172

North America                        122,941     368,050     149,869     394,541
    Canada                            19,126     112,874      37,763     154,587
    Mexico                           103,816     255,176     112,105     239,954
Europe                               385,909   1,408,617     408,807   1,121,975
    European Union                   379,020   1,379,293     404,940   1,107,262
        Austria                        7,557      38,854       5,258      22,286
        Belgium                       30,316     112,518      27,292      77,356
        Czech Republic                   531       4,960         795       8,098
        Finland                       17,458      53,593       9,926      28,163
        France                        29,640     137,287      36,512     106,908
        Germany                       54,397     185,487      60,003     173,359
        Hungary                            3           7           9          12
        Italy                         72,271     244,818      67,269     170,634
        Netherlands                      326       2,204         452       2,352
        Poland                           165         507         147         317
        Spain                         32,555     125,191      63,623     153,334
        Sweden                        58,756     244,922      55,060     176,525
        United Kingdom                69,963     210,989      75,167     177,603
        Other EU                       5,082      17,956       3,427      10,314
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                84       1,037          51         171
    Russia                               103         186         971       1,857
    Switzerland                        3,201      15,884       2,011       8,958
    Turkey                               153         519          36         235
    Ukraine                            3,174      11,158         680       3,144
    Other Europe                         173         539         119         349
Euro Area                            246,084     906,085     270,885     736,299
Pacific Rim Countries                233,852     811,839     195,170     567,663
    Australia                            345       1,400         180         643
    China                             83,034     250,377      65,194     165,275
    Indonesia                            998       3,422         381       1,051
    Japan                             31,482     158,690      22,052      84,231
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                  114,749     387,000     105,041     310,391
        Hong Kong                        741       2,600         187         651
        Korea                         38,806     134,384      39,012     110,596
        Singapore                      1,273       4,423       1,048       2,891
        Taiwan                        73,930     245,592      64,793     196,252
        Other Pacific Rim              3,244      10,950       2,320       6,070
South/Central America                 19,884      50,587      11,846      25,971
        Argentina                         15          38         (-)           3
        Brazil                        19,296      50,042      11,322      25,178
        Chile                            (-)         (-)          24          19
        Colombia                           7          68         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)           9           2           3
        Other S/C A                      565         430         498         767
Other Countries                       53,927     157,084      53,675     129,023
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         33,951     108,113      32,081      81,982
        South Africa                  14,204      32,897      16,761      34,298
        Thailand                       3,897      11,106       3,336       8,748
        Other                          1,876       4,967       1,497       3,995
                                           
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
December 2005 (CB-06-11)