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.
 
                                        July 2002               July 2001
                                        Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                        Date - Final            Date - Final
    Countries and
        Areas                        Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
 
Total Census Basis                  2,107,902   1,202,055   1,878,456   1,277,951
North America                         730,657     373,605     568,333     285,945
        Canada                        670,376     348,005     521,503     263,478
        Mexico                         60,281      25,601      46,830      22,468
Western Europe                        539,043     433,390     649,548     529,113
    Euro Area                         451,163     343,698     533,497     412,886
    European Union                    529,022     423,645     640,699     519,634
        Austria                        24,824      29,202      55,788      45,838
        Belgium                        10,466       7,080      14,698      11,452
        Finland                        16,529       5,707       9,350       3,677
        France                         81,861      66,052      99,099      99,560
        Germany                       232,500     175,867     213,730     180,152
        Italy                          25,035      24,546      32,015      22,598
        Netherlands                    26,029      10,804      56,432      21,124
        Spain                          32,542      23,831      43,769      25,878
        Sweden                         43,001      45,934      59,094      60,137
        United Kingdom                 34,731      33,917      48,099      46,563
        Other EU                        1,504         704       8,625       2,655
    European Free Trade
    Association                         3,004       3,724       3,772       3,301
        Norway                            837         188       1,841         339
        Switzerland                     2,167       3,536       1,931       2,962
        Other EFTA                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Turkey                              3,441       1,318       1,527         890
    Other Western Europe                3,576       4,702       3,549       5,288
Eastern Europe/FSR                     44,766      24,310      57,168      39,844
        Poland                          2,091       1,232       3,515       2,436
        Former Soviet Republics        24,621      14,211      43,614      29,019
            Moldova                       (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
            Ukraine                     5,546       4,178      12,446       9,379
            Russia                     17,069       9,393      31,167      19,639
            Other FSR                   2,005         641         (-)         (-)
        Other EE                       18,054       8,867      10,040       8,390
Pacific Rim Countries                 283,559     254,310     361,481     341,762
        Australia                         268         620       2,134       2,079
        China                          11,970       9,299      12,396      12,464
        Indonesia                       4,318       2,698       9,536       5,386
        Japan                         227,988     215,035     281,585     284,549
        Korea                          28,664      17,896      44,403      26,175
        Taiwan                          9,822       8,374      11,378      11,039
        Other Pacific Rim                 527         388          50          71
South/Central America                 506,479     112,816     238,925      78,820
        Argentina                       8,446       9,053      10,984      11,059
        Brazil                        482,261      99,600     222,878      65,992
        Colombia                          242         120         597         407
        Venezuela                         (-)         (-)         124         248
        Other S/C A                    15,529       4,043       4,342       1,115
Other Countries                         3,399       3,624       3,002       2,466
        India                           3,030       3,296       1,634       1,890
        South Africa                      (-)         (-)         100          43
        Other                             369         329       1,267         532
 
CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick
         Orsini (301-763-2311), 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."