Exhibit 4A:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Alloy Steel Products
from Selected Countries and Areas:  (Census Basis)
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars.
Details may not equal totals due to rounding

                                January 2006            January 2005
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   413,865     422,495     321,679     322,395

North America                        203,602     152,869     120,947      97,883
    Canada                            98,958      98,701      81,483      70,762
    Mexico                           104,643      54,169      39,464      27,121
Europe                               110,783     139,924     124,343     132,512
    European Union                    87,301     122,010      95,722     108,844
        Austria                        7,028      10,979       4,487       8,229
        Belgium                        3,579       4,220         898       1,204
        Czech Republic                   482       1,158          72         241
        Finland                        1,130         939         562       1,336
        France                         8,795      16,577      13,093      16,050
        Germany                       25,131      36,118      26,365      30,475
        Hungary                          (-)           5           1           3
        Italy                          4,490       8,077       6,963       8,568
        Netherlands                    2,229       1,749       9,365       8,017
        Poland                           187         487         481         800
        Spain                         18,672      13,724      18,668      15,091
        Sweden                         7,534      16,094       7,486       8,757
        United Kingdom                 6,615       8,458       6,579       8,585
        Other EU                       1,428       3,425         703       1,488
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 4          39         (-)         (-)
    Russia                             9,751       7,657       3,065       3,465
    Switzerland                          148         552         137         243
    Turkey                             1,224       1,300       4,843       4,298
    Ukraine                            2,435       3,673      14,703      13,004
    Other Europe                       9,919       4,692       5,873       2,657
Euro Area                             71,054      92,383      80,403      88,973
Pacific Rim Countries                 84,923     109,374      63,068      74,161
    Australia                            (-)          11         277         555
    China                             19,429      21,889       6,477       9,171
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)          38          32
    Japan                             55,661      76,800      49,868      56,395
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                    9,804      10,655       6,408       8,008
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                          8,828       7,985       4,526       4,818
        Singapore                        (-)         (-)           5           4
        Taiwan                           975       2,669       1,877       3,186
        Other Pacific Rim                 29          18         (-)         (-)
South/Central America                 11,000      16,041      11,958      16,368
        Argentina                        389       1,382         840       1,384
        Brazil                        10,161      14,276      10,561      14,198
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         212         368
        Colombia                         183         239         285         306
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          17          14
        Other S/C A                      267         145          43          98
Other Countries                        3,557       4,287       1,364       1,471
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          2,510       3,642       1,094       1,175
        South Africa                   1,045         633         270         296
        Thailand                         (-)           2         (-)         (-)
        Other                              1          10         (-)         (-)
                                           

NOTE:   See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary 
steel imports trade data or
www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html.

CONTACT:  For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
February 2006 (CB-06-44)