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.
 
                                        August 2002             August 2001
                                        Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                        Date - Final            Date - Final
     Countries and
        Areas                         Quantity     Value      Quantity     Value
 
Total Census Basis                  2,429,804   1,373,876   2,236,110   1,469,284
North America                         843,689     434,022     651,206     326,493
        Canada                        772,607     404,248     594,405     299,996
        Mexico                         71,083      29,773      56,801      26,497
Western Europe                        627,071     492,146     737,109     597,087
    Euro Area                         527,263     391,123     605,506     466,203
    European Union                    615,473     480,988     727,084     586,435
        Austria                        27,809      32,427      65,685      52,571
        Belgium                        12,011       7,881      18,161      14,273
        Finland                        19,998       6,959      12,446       4,401
        France                         88,894      72,997     110,450     109,709
        Germany                       277,583     202,123     236,201     201,729
        Italy                          28,510      28,064      38,760      27,169
        Netherlands                    36,471      14,559      67,245      25,371
        Spain                          34,608      25,499      47,525      28,252
        Sweden                         49,510      51,452      64,703      65,991
        United Kingdom                 38,573      38,316      56,861      54,188
        Other EU                        1,504         710       9,048       2,780
    European Free Trade
    Association                         3,192       4,038       3,976       3,631
        Norway                            848         218       1,842         357
        Switzerland                     2,344       3,821       2,134       3,274
        Other EFTA                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Turkey                              4,366       1,730       2,179       1,299
    Other Western Europe                4,040       5,391       3,870       5,722
Eastern Europe/FSR                     46,793      25,912      67,528      44,259
        Poland                          2,113       1,263       3,666       2,599
        Former Soviet Republics        25,645      15,057      49,303      30,825
            Moldova                       (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
            Ukraine                     5,983       4,736      14,435      10,254
            Russia                     17,657       9,681      34,868      20,571
            Other FSR                   2,005         641         (-)         (-)
        Other EE                       19,035       9,592      14,559      10,834
Pacific Rim Countries                 320,129     285,820     417,384     392,259
        Australia                         380         935       2,264       2,167
        China                          12,241       9,728      14,875      14,679
        Indonesia                       4,318       2,698       9,536       5,386
        Japan                         253,139     240,161     329,116     328,207
        Korea                          36,251      21,547      49,274      29,241
        Taiwan                         13,272      10,363      12,115      12,305
        Other Pacific Rim                 527         388         205         274
South/Central America                 588,286     131,902     359,690     106,501
        Argentina                       9,119      10,060      11,744      11,995
        Brazil                        561,122     117,047     342,537      92,528
        Colombia                          376         215         943         615
        Venezuela                         (-)         (-)         124         248
        Other S/C A                    17,669       4,579       4,342       1,115
Other Countries                         3,835       4,075       3,194       2,684
        India                           3,433       3,718       1,755       2,046
        South Africa                      (-)         (-)         100          43
        Other                             403         356       1,339         595
 
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."