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

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

Total Census Basis                   482,371   1,574,610     468,029   1,577,644

North America                         74,494     226,439      67,170     194,418
    Canada                            12,202      77,680      11,033      62,353
    Mexico                            62,292     148,759      56,138     132,064
Europe                               204,936     737,392     237,330     835,093
    European Union                   202,756     726,040     233,567     819,837
        Austria                        3,670      26,779       4,389      20,523
        Belgium                       15,273      53,820      20,149      74,641
        Czech Republic                 1,115      10,619         291       2,350
        Finland                        8,820      23,725       7,455      24,385
        France                        20,356      81,997      16,369      70,852
        Germany                       27,299     101,889      27,569      92,807
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           3           7
        Italy                         43,390     134,063      46,468     151,703
        Netherlands                      186       1,321         141       1,039
        Poland                            87         244         138         415
        Spain                          6,592      33,547      26,289      87,663
        Sweden                        30,878     125,472      34,505     143,350
        United Kingdom                42,885     125,853      46,752     139,882
        Other EU                       2,205       6,712       3,049      10,220
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 5         101          40         186
    Russia                                41         114          15          26
    Switzerland                        1,404       8,318       1,767       8,834
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         141         453
    Ukraine                              511       2,047       1,626       5,219
    Other Europe                         217         772         173         539
Euro Area                            126,312     459,666     149,693     526,970
Pacific Rim Countries                154,648     486,367     120,477     428,599
    Australia                             97         433         225         876
    China                             61,952     158,203      40,725     127,883
    Indonesia                            480       1,811         544       1,668
    Japan                             18,084      79,291      17,281      85,630
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   72,764     242,839      59,780     205,947
        Hong Kong                        260       1,134         357       1,268
        Korea                         18,897      65,048      20,960      72,051
        Singapore                        589       1,884         643       2,131
        Taiwan                        53,017     174,772      37,820     130,496
        Other Pacific Rim              1,271       3,791       1,922       6,595
South/Central America                 12,573      31,438      12,002      30,401
        Argentina                          9         143           5          24
        Brazil                        12,537      31,197      11,512      30,012
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                          27          98         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      (-)         (-)         485         365
Other Countries                       35,720      92,973      31,050      89,133
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         18,698      55,197      19,264      58,822
        South Africa                  13,580      29,075       7,687      19,276
        Thailand                       1,728       4,559       3,044       8,219
        Other                          1,713       4,142       1,056       2,816
                                           

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
July 2006 (CB-06-130)