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

Total Census Basis                   708,683   3,481,805     577,091   1,915,473

North America                        100,040     379,974      88,669     267,814
    Canada                            18,104     119,337      13,738      87,985
    Mexico                            81,935     260,636      74,931     179,829
Europe                               290,425   1,618,951     244,972     896,515
    European Union                   286,912   1,595,992     242,621     883,912
        Austria                        8,793      32,800       4,321      30,957
        Belgium                       29,340     192,899      18,091      65,626
        Czech Republic                 1,422      23,743       1,370      15,698
        Finland                        9,530      54,720      10,459      28,641
        France                        25,142     129,723      24,272      95,908
        Germany                       53,360     230,859      32,584     122,610
        Hungary                            2          11         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         47,854     258,544      51,209     162,534
        Netherlands                      243       1,653         283       1,909
        Poland                           148         312          89         247
        Spain                          6,266      56,080       9,213      48,017
        Sweden                        48,731     324,824      37,554     155,527
        United Kingdom                52,230     271,011      50,443     147,705
        Other EU                       3,851      18,812       2,733       8,532
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                23         304           7         120
    Russia                                99         377          82         184
    Switzerland                        1,715      13,148       1,640       9,917
    Turkey                                11          28         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                            1,662       9,087         581       2,285
    Other Europe                           3          15          40          97
Euro Area                            183,384     968,984     152,437     561,562
Pacific Rim Countries                260,036   1,232,701     187,476     603,944
    Australia                            222         970          99         443
    China                            133,664     581,581      78,326     204,772
    Indonesia                            688       3,332         480       1,811
    Japan                             30,543     164,110      21,484      94,339
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   92,900     472,511      85,666     298,401
        Hong Kong                        244       1,339         345       1,475
        Korea                         32,028     117,694      21,501      74,908
        Singapore                        720       3,699         699       2,238
        Taiwan                        59,908     349,779      63,121     219,780
        Other Pacific Rim              2,019      10,198       1,420       4,179
South/Central America                 18,217      82,392      15,008      38,707
        Argentina                          6          34           9         143
        Brazil                        17,770      80,970      14,968      38,453
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           2          47          27          98
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      438       1,340           4          13
Other Countries                       39,967     167,787      40,966     108,494
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         22,658     115,624      22,022      65,898
        South Africa                  14,592      41,929      14,855      32,146
        Thailand                       1,003       4,942       2,088       5,578
        Other                          1,714       5,292       2,002       4,872
                                           

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 2007 (CB-07-133)