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

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

Total Census Basis                   225,286     728,110     243,568     783,533

North America                         36,270     110,230      31,884      89,963
    Canada                             6,273      38,171       5,684      30,704
    Mexico                            29,997      72,059      26,200      59,258
Europe                                92,717     336,057     126,257     419,848
    European Union                    91,805     330,765     124,476     412,699
        Austria                        2,150      13,809       2,118       9,157
        Belgium                        7,593      25,199      12,237      42,164
        Czech Republic                   748       5,314         110         830
        Finland                        4,544      12,235       3,714      11,881
        France                        10,267      43,714       8,582      34,003
        Germany                       10,455      41,848      15,872      50,816
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         17,897      55,044      28,531      88,095
        Netherlands                       89         634          78         603
        Poland                            56         166          77         222
        Spain                          2,680      13,512      13,394      41,334
        Sweden                        14,473      59,398      16,659      66,764
        United Kingdom                19,831      56,812      22,131      63,684
        Other EU                       1,020       3,079         974       3,146
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 5         101           1          13
    Russia                               (-)         (-)          15          20
    Switzerland                          624       4,030         787       3,936
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         141         448
    Ukraine                              152         728         687       2,254
    Other Europe                         130         434         151         479
Euro Area                             55,905     206,911      84,746     278,886
Pacific Rim Countries                 70,011     215,015      61,130     209,081
    Australia                             48         218         131         409
    China                             25,082      65,447      21,823      69,615
    Indonesia                            265         995         193         588
    Japan                              8,739      40,834       8,545      37,234
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   35,348     105,811      29,504      98,243
        Hong Kong                        139         582         100         351
        Korea                          9,118      30,739      10,199      33,816
        Singapore                        270         904         210         687
        Taiwan                        25,821      73,585      18,995      63,388
        Other Pacific Rim                530       1,709         936       2,993
South/Central America                  7,255      17,518       6,648      15,739
        Argentina                          9         143           3          14
        Brazil                         7,245      17,314       6,359      15,492
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           1          61         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      (-)         (-)         286         233
Other Countries                       19,033      49,290      17,648      48,901
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          9,408      28,147      10,271      29,922
        South Africa                   7,861      16,467       5,360      13,756
        Thailand                         849       2,466       1,480       3,835
        Other                            915       2,210         537       1,389
                                           

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
April 2006 (CB-06-78)