Process for producing ferrite stainless steel sheets having excellent workability

A process for producing a SUS 430 type ferrite stainless steel sheet having excellent workability, comprising hot rolling a ferrite stainless steel slab containing 0.03 to 0.1% C, 0.08 to 0.5% sol. Al and not less than 70 ppm N with a total reduction of at least 80% in the temperature range from 1150.degree. to 900.degree. C. at the central portion of the slab thickness, reduction by at least one pass of the hot rolling being not less than 35%, coiling at a temperature not lower than 800.degree. C. and, without subjecting the hot rolled steel sheet to annealing, cold rolling the hot rolled steel sheet by a single step into a final thickness.