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

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

Total Census Basis                   577,091   1,915,473     539,346   1,832,021

North America                         88,669     267,814      78,411     228,869
    Canada                            13,738      87,985      12,404      70,282
    Mexico                            74,931     179,829      66,007     158,588
Europe                               244,972     896,515     270,834     965,184
    European Union                   242,428     883,203     266,591     947,181
        Austria                        4,321      30,957       5,359      25,479
        Belgium                       18,091      65,626      22,122      82,632
        Czech Republic                 1,370      15,698         313       2,491
        Finland                       10,459      28,641       8,123      26,428
        France                        24,272      95,908      18,771      84,617
        Germany                       32,584     122,610      33,911     113,345
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           3           7
        Italy                         51,209     162,534      51,644     171,656
        Netherlands                      283       1,909         161       1,136
        Poland                            89         247         140         420
        Spain                          9,213      48,017      28,399      98,992
        Sweden                        37,554     155,527      41,561     171,991
        United Kingdom                50,443     147,705      52,592     156,221
        Other EU                       2,540       7,823       3,491      11,767
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 7         120          56         823
    Russia                                82         184          15          26
    Switzerland                        1,640       9,917       2,031      10,094
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         153         519
    Ukraine                              581       2,285       1,815       6,001
    Other Europe                         234         807         173         539
Euro Area                            151,259     559,099     169,456     608,032
Pacific Rim Countries                187,476     603,944     140,103     498,357
    Australia                             99         443         273       1,094
    China                             78,326     204,772      48,899     152,730
    Indonesia                            480       1,811         631       2,061
    Japan                             21,484      94,339      19,278      96,140
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   85,666     298,401      68,820     238,652
        Hong Kong                        345       1,475         400       1,414
        Korea                         21,501      74,908      23,476      81,217
        Singapore                        699       2,238         913       3,122
        Taiwan                        63,121     219,780      44,030     152,899
        Other Pacific Rim              1,420       4,179       2,203       7,680
South/Central America                 15,008      38,707      13,684      34,745
        Argentina                          9         143           5          24
        Brazil                        14,968      38,453      13,194      34,347
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                          27          98         (-)         (-)
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)           9
        Other S/C A                        4          13         485         365
Other Countries                       40,966     108,494      36,313     104,866
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         22,022      65,898      22,532      69,738
        South Africa                  14,855      32,146       9,167      22,614
        Thailand                       2,088       5,578       3,241       8,950
        Other                          2,002       4,872       1,373       3,564
                                           

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
August 2006 (CB-06-144)