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

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

Total Census Basis                 1,036,797   3,807,796     885,591   3,022,794

North America                        150,343     491,445     132,324     397,305
    Canada                            23,125     154,819      20,571     122,039
    Mexico                           127,218     336,625     111,753     275,266
Europe                               420,453   1,687,899     419,803   1,523,783
    European Union                   415,413   1,661,307     412,826   1,493,582
        Austria                        8,963      50,282       8,161      41,718
        Belgium                       33,403     137,041      32,086     118,595
        Czech Republic                 2,881      37,576         533       4,966
        Finland                       18,479      63,019      19,562      59,460
        France                        40,497     162,800      32,600     147,846
        Germany                       48,563     192,959      61,137     206,466
        Hungary                           37          48           3           7
        Italy                         84,951     305,920      78,576     267,081
        Netherlands                      521       3,188         350       2,306
        Poland                           124         351         176         537
        Spain                         19,952      94,256      34,082     131,712
        Sweden                        64,585     301,449      63,360     263,524
        United Kingdom                87,333     294,278      76,558     229,361
        Other EU                       5,123      18,141       5,642      20,002
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 9         164          86       1,053
    Russia                               117         256         104         189
    Switzerland                        2,988      18,446       3,457      17,270
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         155         532
    Ukraine                            1,880       7,617       3,174      11,158
    Other Europe                          45         108         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            259,071   1,021,158     269,649     984,697
Pacific Rim Countries                350,472   1,294,378     254,932     880,998
    Australia                            244       3,302         388       1,613
    China                            156,914     474,503      90,169     270,465
    Indonesia                          1,097       4,149       1,035       3,598
    Japan                             36,592     163,980      34,230     175,426
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                  152,837     639,424     125,702     418,457
        Hong Kong                        540       2,218         835       2,906
        Korea                         39,206     146,806      41,287     143,459
        Singapore                      1,369       4,713       1,335       4,618
        Taiwan                       111,723     485,687      82,245     267,474
        Other Pacific Rim              2,787       9,020       3,407      11,439
South/Central America                 27,813      86,429      21,468      54,091
        Argentina                         10         146          15          38
        Brazil                        27,378      84,959      20,880      53,547
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                          49         479           7          68
        Venezuela                         39          60         (-)           9
        Other S/C A                      337         784         565         430
Other Countries                       87,716     247,647      57,065     166,617
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         39,759     133,931      36,500     116,375
        South Africa                  40,569      91,454      14,391      33,191
        Thailand                       4,359      14,262       4,231      11,903
        Other                          3,029       7,999       1,943       5,147
                                           

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
January 2007 (CB-07-28)