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

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

Total Census Basis                 1,029,833   5,187,564     947,496   3,411,679

North America                        144,784     556,452     139,945     452,188
    Canada                            26,398     186,951      21,645     143,373
    Mexico                           118,386     369,501     118,300     308,815
Europe                               411,092   2,350,153     380,022   1,494,111
    European Union                   404,896   2,306,539     375,645   1,471,582
        Austria                       12,430      49,733       7,491      46,008
        Belgium                       40,151     263,191      30,473     122,168
        Czech Republic                 2,240      39,894       2,550      32,036
        Finland                       10,892      62,374      17,031      55,688
        France                        38,062     216,906      36,611     143,277
        Germany                       69,577     302,859      45,704     179,567
        Hungary                            2          11          28          37
        Italy                         70,281     392,037      75,070     264,079
        Netherlands                      422       3,964         452       3,005
        Poland                           240         566         124         351
        Spain                          9,042      87,538      18,978      88,743
        Sweden                        69,944     476,410      57,527     261,079
        United Kingdom                75,761     381,360      78,934     259,453
        Other EU                       5,854      29,696       4,670      16,092
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                45       1,608           9         157
    Russia                               192         755          97         229
    Switzerland                        2,445      19,060       2,675      15,909
    Turkey                                11          28         (-)         (-)
    Ukraine                            3,483      21,958       1,556       6,136
    Other Europe                          21         204          40          97
Euro Area                            255,053   1,396,462     235,224     912,876
Pacific Rim Countries                382,135   1,879,787     320,306   1,162,165
    Australia                            355       1,631         239       3,249
    China                            194,706     893,395     140,665     410,436
    Indonesia                          1,433       7,758         994       3,573
    Japan                             54,268     296,238      33,673     149,397
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                  127,922     662,266     142,074     587,026
        Hong Kong                        283       1,627         504       2,059
        Korea                         41,394     167,366      36,733     135,607
        Singapore                      1,023       5,520       1,284       4,376
        Taiwan                        85,221     487,753     103,554     444,983
        Other Pacific Rim              3,451      18,499       2,661       8,485
South/Central America                 24,059     106,709      25,110      75,493
        Argentina                          6          34           9         143
        Brazil                        23,258     104,165      24,747      74,290
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                           2          47          40         350
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          39          60
        Other S/C A                      792       2,463         275         650
Other Countries                       67,763     294,464      82,113     227,722
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                         37,067     204,928      36,465     119,911
        South Africa                  25,762      69,639      38,987      88,502
        Thailand                       2,034      10,171       3,785      11,797
        Other                          2,899       9,727       2,876       7,512
                                           

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
December 2007 (CB-08-15)