Not Seasonally Adjusted

    Exhibit 4a. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Alloy Steel Products From
                 Selected Countries and Areas:  (Census Basis)

             Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars.
         (-) Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown.
                   Details may not equal totals due to rounding.

                                     September 2001          September 2000
                                     Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                     Date - Final            Date - Final
     Countries and                                       
         Areas                    Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value

Total Census Basis                2,500,679   1,647,780   3,164,514   1,939,651
North America                       762,213     384,987   1,033,227     513,958
        Canada                      693,638     354,149     948,389     480,809
        Mexico                       68,575      30,838      84,837      33,149
Western Europe                      811,773     653,223   1,102,835     796,765
    Euro Area                       671,083     510,360     950,579     651,081
    European Union                  800,944     640,546   1,074,813     783,468
        Austria                      69,015      55,496      30,488      33,871
        Belgium                      18,523      14,725      19,776      15,481
        Finland                      13,992       4,829      26,793       9,661
        France                      122,648     117,242     118,803     117,462
        Germany                     263,762     225,034     489,892     344,014
        Italy                        43,111      29,847      44,509      32,533
        Netherlands                  79,328      29,519     182,051      72,258
        Spain                        51,464      30,851      33,930      23,788
        Sweden                       66,542      69,568      63,321      78,346
        United Kingdom               63,306      60,566      60,869      53,969
        Other EU                      9,254       2,868       4,382       2,085
    European Free Trade         
    Association                       4,238       4,110      23,246       7,416
        Norway                        1,842         357      21,124       3,500
        Switzerland                   2,396       3,754       2,122       3,916
        Other EFTA                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Turkey                            2,600       2,685       1,729         785
    Other Western Europe              3,991       5,882       3,048       5,096
Eastern Europe/FSR                   88,296      55,417      93,172      48,701
        Poland                        4,107       2,867       7,268       2,821
        Former Soviet Republics      63,158      40,342      77,043      39,874
            Moldova                     (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
            Ukraine                  23,722      15,692      22,227      12,430
            Russia                   39,181      24,562      29,833      18,182
            Other FSR                   255          88      24,984       9,262
        Other EE                     21,031      12,208       8,861       6,007
Pacific Rim Countries               467,032     439,093     574,481     451,489
        Australia                     2,561       2,426       1,910       2,769
        China                        18,419      17,391      17,240      13,212
        Indonesia                    11,758       7,015       3,837       3,215
        Japan                       365,175     365,639     444,438     368,664
        Korea                        56,179      32,969      89,909      45,658
        Taiwan                       12,735      13,379      16,338      17,371
        Other Pacific Rim               205         274         809         600
South/Central America               367,595     111,868     355,036     124,669
        Argentina                    12,865      13,069      18,136      13,420
        Brazil                      349,094      96,658     333,274     110,143
        Colombia                      1,170         778         585         421
        Venezuela                       124         248       3,041         684
        Other S/C A                   4,342       1,115         (-)         (-)
Other Countries                       3,770       3,192       5,763       4,069
        India                         2,312       2,544       1,858       2,054
        South Africa                    119          53       2,967       1,114
        Other                         1,339         595         938         901

CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick
         Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U. S. Census Bureau.

NOTE:  For information on more detailed data available, please see record
       titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA  AVAILABLE."