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

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

Total Census Basis                   492,695   2,298,932     394,227   1,277,540

North America                         74,319     281,753      62,492     188,475
    Canada                            14,144      84,006      10,181      64,376
    Mexico                            60,175     197,747      52,311     124,099
Europe                               200,768   1,062,772     166,971     601,176
    European Union                   198,387   1,048,338     165,320     592,130
        Austria                        6,615      23,834       3,148      22,372
        Belgium                       20,825     129,302      12,897      44,793
        Czech Republic                   871      13,442       1,087      10,285
        Finland                        8,076      45,463       7,404      19,614
        France                        17,623      86,526      16,393      68,292
        Germany                       31,988     122,245      20,499      79,247
        Hungary                            2          11         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         32,628     168,185      36,583     110,841
        Netherlands                      186       1,169         173         993
        Poland                           125         242          74         219
        Spain                          5,239      44,830       4,120      24,237
        Sweden                        33,423     213,031      25,761     103,615
        United Kingdom                38,154     188,119      35,273     101,871
        Other EU                       2,633      11,940       1,910       5,752
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 6         163           5         101
    Russia                                99         377         (-)         (-)
    Switzerland                        1,115       7,491       1,147       6,942
    Turkey                                11          28         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                            1,147       6,359         459       1,905
    Other Europe                           3          15          40          97
Euro Area                            125,246     629,500     102,603     373,927
Pacific Rim Countries                177,204     786,974     125,496     387,677
    Australia                            125         642          90         404
    China                             87,378     355,760      49,354     125,050
    Indonesia                            463       2,331         406       1,561
    Japan                             19,246     105,938      14,934      67,321
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   68,436     314,454      59,592     189,991
        Hong Kong                        161         863         226         995
        Korea                         23,992      78,328      15,691      53,525
        Singapore                        493       2,509         522       1,682
        Taiwan                        43,790     232,754      43,153     133,789
        Other Pacific Rim              1,556       7,849       1,120       3,350
South/Central America                 12,024      50,760      10,371      24,984
        Argentina                          6          34           9         143
        Brazil                        11,675      49,646      10,357      24,763
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           2          47           4          78
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      340       1,033         (-)         (-)
Other Countries                       28,380     116,673      28,896      75,228
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         17,170      82,892      15,480      45,861
        South Africa                   9,308      26,716      10,319      21,601
        Thailand                         697       3,331       1,574       4,085
        Other                          1,205       3,734       1,523       3,682
                                           

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
June 2007 (CB-07-103)