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

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

Total Census Basis                   678,940   2,297,152     613,806   2,099,414

North America                        102,608     310,875      90,353     266,082
    Canada                            15,629     100,656      14,079      80,455
    Mexico                            86,978     210,218      76,274     185,627
Europe                               283,827   1,067,857     303,920   1,095,004
    European Union                   280,839   1,052,636     298,987   1,074,523
        Austria                        5,054      36,972       6,042      29,676
        Belgium                       22,334      83,816      25,261      94,235
        Czech Republic                 2,290      28,548         342       2,747
        Finland                       12,132      34,877      10,117      32,400
        France                        27,397     107,708      22,565     103,592
        Germany                       37,558     142,426      41,312     138,806
        Hungary                            3          17           3           7
        Italy                         59,452     192,903      56,940     189,025
        Netherlands                      330       2,231         215       1,494
        Poland                            89         247         140         420
        Spain                         11,574      58,186      30,299     110,867
        Sweden                        41,656     177,621      45,485     189,038
        United Kingdom                57,899     177,234      56,505     169,375
        Other EU                       3,069       9,850       3,761      12,841
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 8         134          56         823
    Russia                                83         187          59          94
    Switzerland                        1,922      11,268       2,410      11,740
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         153         519
    Ukraine                              635       2,499       2,081       6,766
    Other Europe                         340       1,133         173         539
Euro Area                            176,951     663,262     193,788     704,140
Pacific Rim Countries                222,409     737,016     163,953     581,794
    Australia                            157       2,922         290       1,161
    China                             96,118     256,643      57,436     178,112
    Indonesia                            736       2,586         761       2,643
    Japan                             24,817     108,952      23,455     114,521
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   98,710     360,303      79,632     277,076
        Hong Kong                        379       1,591         486       1,694
        Korea                         24,779      87,759      26,724      93,122
        Singapore                        909       2,958       1,040       3,576
        Taiwan                        72,643     267,995      51,382     178,684
        Other Pacific Rim              1,871       5,610       2,379       8,282
South/Central America                 17,673      46,478      15,486      39,324
        Argentina                          9         143          15          38
        Brazil                        17,574      46,117      14,901      38,795
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                          27          98           4          58
        Venezuela                         39          60         (-)           9
        Other S/C A                       23          60         565         423
Other Countries                       52,424     134,926      40,095     117,210
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         26,399      80,840      25,299      79,834
        South Africa                  21,498      42,339       9,829      23,724
        Thailand                       2,255       6,105       3,375       9,447
        Other                          2,272       5,641       1,593       4,205
                                           

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
September 2006 (CB-06-158)