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.
 
 
                                      February 2002           February 2001
                                      Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                      Date - Final            Date - Final
     Countries and
        Areas                       Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
 
Total Census Basis                  707,764     395,646     475,342     341,048
North America                       199,566     101,439     139,735      73,283
        Canada                      188,649      96,203     132,650      68,586
        Mexico                       10,917       5,236       7,086       4,697
Western Europe                      196,699     144,806     156,953     140,333
    Euro Area                       167,434     116,989     130,327     108,902
    European Union                  193,783     142,402     154,798     137,247
        Austria                       7,771       9,209      13,765      12,528
        Belgium                       2,850       2,281       4,146       2,987
        Finland                      10,302       3,041       3,389       1,191
        France                       23,726      20,813      29,061      31,010
        Germany                      99,469      64,358      45,689      43,034
        Italy                         6,195       5,896       9,910       6,641
        Netherlands                   3,831       1,855      11,967       4,728
        Spain                        13,260       9,458      11,677       6,477
        Sweden                       14,596      14,956      13,844      16,718
        United Kingdom               11,711      10,438      10,627      11,628
        Other EU                         71          98         721         307
    European Free Trade
    Association                         735       1,107         498         749
        Norway                            5           5         (-)         (-)
        Switzerland                     730       1,102         498         749
        Other EFTA                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Turkey                            1,550         481         144         124
    Other Western Europe                631         817       1,514       2,213
Eastern Europe/FSR                   14,174       8,476      16,614      14,412
        Poland                          204         178       2,475       1,482
        Former Soviet Republics       7,993       5,047       6,462       6,252
            Moldova                     (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
            Ukraine                     898         689       1,347       1,688
            Russia                    7,086       4,349       5,115       4,564
            Other FSR                     9          10         (-)         (-)
        Other EE                      5,978       3,250       7,677       6,678
Pacific Rim Countries               138,234     105,317      96,561      92,635
        Australia                       187         101         720         547
        China                         1,519       1,866       1,016       1,802
        Indonesia                     2,993       1,740         622         298
        Japan                       112,416      90,026      79,720      80,394
        Korea                        15,198       8,913       8,362       5,234
        Taiwan                        5,881       2,646       6,120       4,354
        Other Pacific Rim                40          24           2           6
South/Central America               158,098      34,530      63,722      19,464
        Argentina                     1,186       1,626       1,749       1,907
        Brazil                      154,599      32,290      61,695      17,202
        Colombia                        183          73         155         108
        Venezuela                       (-)         (-)         124         248
        Other S/C A                   2,130         541         (-)         (-)
Other Countries                         993       1,078       1,757         921
        India                           907         997         445         435
        South Africa                    (-)         (-)          68          29
        Other                            85          81       1,245         457
 
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."