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

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

Total Census Basis                   880,762   4,419,548     755,513   2,590,319

North America                        121,380     466,120     114,729     353,491
    Canada                            22,062     152,683      17,588     113,328
    Mexico                            99,317     313,438      97,141     240,164
Europe                               355,384   2,008,261     307,710   1,168,240
    European Union                   350,086   1,971,849     304,606   1,151,752
        Austria                       11,629      41,890       5,779      38,970
        Belgium                       36,716     242,034      24,796      94,693
        Czech Republic                 1,771      30,623       2,350      29,395
        Finland                       10,039      58,023      13,661      40,412
        France                        30,889     170,237      29,308     114,778
        Germany                       64,446     275,065      39,768     153,079
        Hungary                            2          11          28          37
        Italy                         58,811     331,269      61,866     203,386
        Netherlands                      307       2,242         362       2,497
        Poland                           176         416         106         294
        Spain                          7,526      69,468      12,236      62,033
        Sweden                        58,431     397,141      46,375     199,855
        United Kingdom                64,397     328,532      64,231     200,113
        Other EU                       4,946      24,898       3,740      12,210
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                40       1,475           8         139
    Russia                               191         752          83         187
    Switzerland                        2,142      16,455       2,149      12,779
    Turkey                                11          28         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                            2,911      17,687         823       3,286
    Other Europe                           3          15          40          97
Euro Area                            223,871   1,204,864     190,500     717,621
Pacific Rim Countries                327,573   1,608,490     251,711     853,449
    Australia                            311       1,392         176       3,002
    China                            169,476     768,379     110,515     301,901
    Indonesia                          1,178       6,249         754       2,640
    Japan                             41,380     225,098      27,400     119,806
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                  112,532     593,286     110,768     419,877
        Hong Kong                        283       1,627         395       1,670
        Korea                         36,798     144,307      28,636     101,152
        Singapore                        944       5,111       1,075       3,528
        Taiwan                        74,506     442,240      80,661     313,527
        Other Pacific Rim              2,696      14,086       2,097       6,224
South/Central America                 21,616      97,696      20,470      55,901
        Argentina                          6          34           9         143
        Brazil                        21,030      95,827      20,299      55,270
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           2          47          34         257
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          39          60
        Other S/C A                      578       1,788          89         171
Other Countries                       54,809     238,982      60,893     159,237
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         29,528     161,678      30,094      94,202
        South Africa                  21,273      61,362      25,812      51,664
        Thailand                       1,631       8,148       2,586       7,333
        Other                          2,377       7,794       2,401       6,038
                                           

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 Maria Iseman
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
October 2007 (CB-07-162)