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.
 
                                    May 2002                May 2001
                                    Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                    Date - Final            Date - Final
    Countries and
        Areas                     Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
 
Total Census Basis                1,491,199     868,408   1,348,991     924,448
North America                       521,986     266,473     410,287     205,847
        Canada                      481,005     249,209     377,580     189,907
        Mexico                       40,981      17,263      32,707      15,940
Western Europe                      384,986     311,784     475,903     386,138
    Euro Area                       319,761     246,303     395,081     303,449
    European Union                  379,002     305,053     470,929     379,424
        Austria                      18,673      20,954      38,531      32,265
        Belgium                       5,534       4,517      10,781       8,272
        Finland                      13,291       4,217       7,127       2,852
        France                       45,762      43,071      68,911      71,698
        Germany                     176,559     132,208     163,734     135,021
        Italy                        17,626      16,540      26,308      17,398
        Netherlands                  12,865       5,786      39,661      15,274
        Spain                        28,587      18,636      32,429      18,511
        Sweden                       32,309      33,399      44,121      42,938
        United Kingdom               26,889      25,331      31,718      33,014
        Other EU                        907         394       7,608       2,182
    European Free Trade
    Association                       1,736       2,816       1,408       2,206
        Norway                           12          14          16          44
        Switzerland                   1,724       2,802       1,392       2,162
        Other EFTA                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Turkey                            1,594         520         894         563
    Other Western Europe              2,653       3,395       2,673       3,946
Eastern Europe/FSR                   33,406      20,082      36,470      29,463
        Poland                        1,210         728       2,858       1,989
        Former Soviet Republics      19,447      12,453      25,158      19,810
            Moldova                     (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
            Ukraine                   5,144       3,876       9,543       7,581
            Russia                   13,014       8,127      15,615      12,229
            Other FSR                 1,290         451         (-)         (-)
        Other EE                     12,749       6,900       8,454       7,664
Pacific Rim Countries               217,388     194,135     268,165     246,984
        Australia                       230         331       1,361       1,371
        China                         7,957       6,361       8,071       8,157
        Indonesia                     4,206       2,600       6,701       3,462
        Japan                       174,635     164,311     209,239     206,219
        Korea                        21,591      13,953      33,406      18,957
        Taiwan                        8,242       6,193       9,369       8,788
        Other Pacific Rim               527         385          19          31
South/Central America               331,435      73,739     155,601      54,159
        Argentina                     4,408       5,423       6,297       6,289
        Brazil                      316,323      65,624     148,117      47,248
        Colombia                        203          89         225         160
        Venezuela                       (-)         (-)         124         248
        Other S/C A                  10,501       2,603         838         214
Other Countries                       1,999       2,195       2,564       1,857
        India                         1,706       1,919       1,228       1,358
        South Africa                    (-)         (-)          91          38
        Other                           293         276       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."