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.
 
                                     March 2002              March 2001
                                    Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                     Date - Final            Date - Final
     Countries and
        Areas                     Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
 
Total Census Basis                  993,407     559,766     758,203     527,304
North America                       310,951     157,029     222,911     115,487
        Canada                      286,148     147,220     207,646     107,007
        Mexico                       24,803       9,809      15,265       8,480
Western Europe                      262,595     204,115     258,704     221,290
    Euro Area                       220,928     162,744     207,251     170,371
    European Union                  258,773     200,482     255,208     216,752
        Austria                      10,201      12,842      20,428      18,787
        Belgium                       4,301       3,345       5,814       4,743
        Finland                      10,474       3,267       3,658       1,600
        France                       31,855      28,802      41,435      45,038
        Germany                     133,152      90,758      78,835      72,513
        Italy                         9,177       9,038      16,762      10,526
        Netherlands                   6,836       3,391      19,919       7,896
        Spain                        14,902      11,221      14,410       7,760
        Sweden                       22,355      23,023      30,509      27,266
        United Kingdom               15,448      14,696      17,448      19,115
        Other EU                         71          98       5,991       1,508
    European Free Trade
    Association                       1,035       1,588         793       1,182
        Norway                            5           5         (-)         (-)
        Switzerland                   1,030       1,584         793       1,182
        Other EFTA                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Turkey                            1,566         491         626         363
    Other Western Europe              1,221       1,554       2,077       2,993
Eastern Europe/FSR                   22,758      13,690      24,472      20,400
        Poland                          488         359       2,586       1,624
        Former Soviet Republics      12,423       7,903      13,946      11,563
            Moldova                     (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
            Ukraine                   1,956       2,364       2,919       3,602
            Russia                   10,454       5,527      11,026       7,962
            Other FSR                    13          12         (-)         (-)
        Other EE                      9,847       5,429       7,941       7,212
Pacific Rim Countries               157,827     131,298     145,908     136,544
        Australia                       187         101         812         720
        China                         1,688       2,249       1,780       2,506
        Indonesia                     2,993       1,740       1,679         841
        Japan                       129,677     112,953     117,462     116,683
        Korea                        16,350      10,313      16,684       9,744
        Taiwan                        6,406       3,558       7,490       6,043
        Other Pacific Rim               527         383           2           6
South/Central America               237,916      52,133     104,094      32,353
        Argentina                     2,338       2,689       1,879       2,121
        Brazil                      230,715      48,134     101,936      29,876
        Colombia                        183          73         155         108
        Venezuela                       (-)         (-)         124         248
        Other S/C A                   4,680       1,237         (-)         (-)
Other Countries                       1,359       1,501       2,114       1,230
        India                         1,191       1,350         778         731
        South Africa                    (-)         (-)          91          38
        Other                           168         151       1,246         461
 
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."