Exhibit 4B:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Stainless Steel Products
from Selected Countries and Areas:  (Census Basis)
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars.
Details may not equal totals due to rounding

                                February 2006           February 2005
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   145,849     476,120     161,961     515,113

North America                         23,167      71,301      21,463      61,199
    Canada                             4,020      24,336       3,595      20,163
    Mexico                            19,147      46,965      17,868      41,037
Europe                                57,998     214,267      81,851     265,679
    European Union                    57,326     210,244      80,547     261,100
        Austria                        1,227       8,371       1,330       5,693
        Belgium                        4,833      16,679       7,309      23,368
        Czech Republic                   655       4,084          84         608
        Finland                        2,750       7,213       2,789       9,143
        France                         5,934      26,289       5,293      20,282
        Germany                        6,817      26,896      11,602      36,144
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         10,808      35,508      19,564      56,954
        Netherlands                       68         466          61         477
        Poland                            52         155          77         222
        Spain                          1,772       8,875       8,029      26,018
        Sweden                         9,418      38,924      10,851      44,262
        United Kingdom                12,180      34,560      12,896      35,824
        Other EU                         810       2,224         661       2,106
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 5         101         (-)           7
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          15          20
    Switzerland                          463       3,039         420       1,882
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         103         327
    Ukraine                              114         547         621       1,957
    Other Europe                          90         336         145         386
Euro Area                             34,362     130,908      56,161     178,754
Pacific Rim Countries                 46,849     144,598      43,492     147,747
    Australia                             27         116          91         253
    China                             17,011      45,035      16,503      53,539
    Indonesia                            169         711         121         360
    Japan                              5,947      28,217       5,287      23,066
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   23,227      69,012      20,896      68,642
        Hong Kong                        104         503           1           4
        Korea                          5,466      18,394       7,746      25,523
        Singapore                        111         406         105         323
        Taiwan                        17,547      49,709      13,044      42,792
        Other Pacific Rim                468       1,506         593       1,887
South/Central America                  4,807      12,188       4,241      10,230
        Argentina                          9         143           2           7
        Brazil                         4,796      11,984       4,074      10,075
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           1          61         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      (-)         (-)         164         147
Other Countries                       13,027      33,766      10,914      30,258
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          5,792      17,872       7,028      20,117
        South Africa                   6,227      13,171       2,440       6,274
        Thailand                         480       1,418       1,034       2,774
        Other                            528       1,306         412       1,093
                                           

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 2006 (CB-06-61)