Not Seasonally Adjusted

    Exhibit 4. U.S. Imports For Consumption of 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.

                                    January 2002            January 2001
                                    Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                    Date - Final            Date - Final
     Countries and                                       
        Areas                     Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value

Total Census Basis                2,438,583     982,509   2,091,810     972,201
North America                       502,495     249,981     561,905     265,511
        Canada                      417,485     207,759     346,510     185,558
        Mexico                       85,010      42,222     215,395      79,952
Western Europe                      501,905     270,561     494,663     304,835
    Euro Area                       354,043     202,996     395,005     229,984
    European Union                  430,111     252,060     449,316     287,322
        Austria                      10,456       9,682      13,020      12,146
        Belgium                      54,081      20,157      23,086      14,210
        Finland                      16,007       4,706       8,171       4,024
        France                       62,877      35,574      61,222      43,470
        Germany                     138,544      82,346      79,084      60,522
        Italy                        27,480      24,282      38,146      30,292
        Netherlands                  16,341       7,428      56,663      18,638
        Spain                        16,726      12,567      88,109      35,421
        Sweden                       21,400      18,676      12,668      22,732
        United Kingdom               52,180      28,804      39,086      32,486
        Other EU                     14,020       7,840      30,062      13,380
    European Free Trade         
    Association                       1,658       2,522       7,249       5,385
        Norway                          587         497       6,676       4,190
        Switzerland                   1,071       2,025         573       1,196
        Other EFTA                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Turkey                           69,626      15,263      37,230      10,769
    Other Western Europe                509         716         868       1,359
Eastern Europe/FSR                  189,693      39,594     185,437      52,811
        Poland                       13,002       3,569       4,375       2,181
        Former Soviet Republics     146,424      25,990     152,582      37,104
            Moldova                     (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
            Ukraine                  30,787       5,616      12,377       3,192
            Russia                  115,252      20,023     124,455      30,635
            Other FSR                   385         351      15,749       3,277
        Other EE                     30,267      10,035      28,480      13,526
Pacific Rim Countries               581,573     264,321     437,556     227,459
        Australia                    41,331       7,763      35,198      10,016
        China                        36,691      15,080      58,093      22,178
        Indonesia                     4,469       2,201      18,262       5,138
        Japan                       236,923     124,130     125,615      98,520
        Korea                       186,246      78,781     128,125      55,430
        Taiwan                       54,584      30,449      59,367      31,816
        Other Pacific Rim            21,328       5,917      12,896       4,362
South/Central America               548,896     110,899     309,920      87,062
        Argentina                     4,147       2,744      41,147      14,216
        Brazil                      457,943      84,145     219,722      55,867
        Colombia                      4,603       2,281       5,637       2,896
        Venezuela                    49,062      12,615      32,445      10,184
        Other S/C A                  33,142       9,114      10,969       3,900
Other Countries                     114,020      47,154     102,329      34,523
        India                        54,125      27,626      58,465      17,933
        South Africa                 49,144      15,337      12,893       5,704
        Other                        10,752       4,191      30,972      10,885

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."