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

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

Total Census Basis                   719,106     768,051     641,168     635,660

North America                        287,300     234,705     220,386     180,870
    Canada                           169,691     169,163     160,812     138,154
    Mexico                           117,608      65,542      59,573      42,716
Europe                               261,401     309,064     230,565     266,261
    European Union                   200,288     262,740     186,681     227,653
        Austria                       11,917      20,307       8,137      16,082
        Belgium                        6,662       7,954       6,184       9,450
        Czech Republic                 1,838       2,718       3,840       3,758
        Finland                        2,762       2,516       1,496       2,800
        France                        24,662      42,932      23,290      31,606
        Germany                       58,886      77,577      50,795      57,618
        Hungary                          (-)           5           3           8
        Italy                          8,547      13,242      11,573      13,940
        Netherlands                   13,703       9,040      11,229       9,549
        Poland                           342         930       3,180       4,071
        Spain                         39,689      30,139      22,842      19,547
        Sweden                        17,423      33,504      22,728      31,050
        United Kingdom                11,469      15,746      19,189      22,858
        Other EU                       2,387       6,130       2,196       5,317
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                             8,504       2,887         (-)           4
    Russia                            11,835      12,866      12,621      14,436
    Switzerland                          309       1,128         394         737
    Turkey                             3,119       3,938       5,153       4,554
    Ukraine                           10,830      12,071      14,876      13,486
    Other Europe                      26,517      13,435      10,839       5,393
Euro Area                            166,928     203,782     135,646     160,686
Pacific Rim Countries                144,483     185,221     118,174     131,940
    Australia                             26         115         363         738
    China                             28,934      35,954      16,783      20,830
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)          52          43
    Japan                             98,918     130,594      80,097      88,595
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   16,576      18,539      20,879      21,724
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         14,808      13,715      17,649      15,771
        Singapore                        (-)         (-)           5           4
        Taiwan                         1,769       4,824       3,225       5,949
        Other Pacific Rim                 29          18         (-)          11
South/Central America                 17,024      29,649      68,989      53,000
        Argentina                      2,195       5,096       1,472       2,628
        Brazil                        13,331      20,100      64,878      48,061
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         297         471
        Colombia                         553         718       1,307       1,221
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          17          14
        Other S/C A                      945       3,735       1,017         604
Other Countries                        8,898       9,413       3,055       3,589
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          4,885       6,935       2,697       3,073
        South Africa                   3,971       2,408         316         470
        Thailand                          41          60         (-)         (-)
        Other                              1          10          42          46
                                           

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
March 2006 (CB-06-61)