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

                                February 2007           February 2006
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   185,149     809,725     145,849     476,120

North America                         28,212      97,411      23,167      71,301
    Canada                             6,555      31,717       4,020      24,336
    Mexico                            21,657      65,694      19,147      46,965
Europe                                68,376     353,632      57,998     214,267
    European Union                    67,503     348,803      57,416     210,581
        Austria                        1,774       9,264       1,227       8,371
        Belgium                        6,973      38,832       4,833      16,679
        Czech Republic                   377       5,697         655       4,084
        Finland                        4,353      22,483       2,750       7,213
        France                         6,917      29,548       5,934      26,289
        Germany                        5,285      27,334       6,817      26,896
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         11,255      53,940      10,808      35,508
        Netherlands                       57         430          68         466
        Poland                            21          64          52         155
        Spain                          2,459      18,672       1,772       8,875
        Sweden                        12,587      74,295       9,418      38,924
        United Kingdom                14,251      63,146      12,180      34,560
        Other EU                       1,194       5,099         900       2,561
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 5         155           5         101
    Russia                                44         139         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                          437       2,455         463       3,039
    Turkey                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                              387       2,081         114         547
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             40,093     204,441      34,922     131,952
Pacific Rim Countries                 72,624     292,972      46,849     144,598
    Australia                             19          82          27         116
    China                             35,908     139,117      17,011      45,035
    Indonesia                            192         981         169         711
    Japan                              4,711      26,502       5,947      28,217
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   31,115     123,016      23,227      69,012
        Hong Kong                         50         232         104         503
        Korea                         11,782      29,960       5,466      18,394
        Singapore                        227       1,109         111         406
        Taiwan                        19,056      91,714      17,547      49,709
        Other Pacific Rim                678       3,274         468       1,506
South/Central America                  4,909      21,206       4,807      12,188
        Argentina                          6          34           9         143
        Brazil                         4,738      20,675       4,796      11,984
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         (-)         (-)           1          61
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      165         496         (-)         (-)
Other Countries                       11,027      44,504      13,027      33,766
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          6,455      30,331       5,792      17,872
        South Africa                   3,683      10,442       6,227      13,171
        Thailand                         466       2,358         480       1,418
        Other                            423       1,373         528       1,306
                                           

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
March 2007 (CB-07-58)