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 2007            January 2006
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   354,018     444,346     413,865     422,495

North America                        144,942     143,467     203,602     152,869
    Canada                            85,896      99,243      98,958      98,701
    Mexico                            59,046      44,223     104,643      54,169
Europe                               107,297     167,735     110,783     139,924
    European Union                   101,425     154,721      97,219     126,702
        Austria                       12,058      15,807       7,028      10,979
        Belgium                        1,814       4,933       3,579       4,220
        Czech Republic                 5,776       7,842         482       1,158
        Finland                          655       1,238       1,130         939
        France                        21,434      34,545       8,795      16,577
        Germany                       24,739      38,148      25,131      36,118
        Hungary                            1           3         (-)           5
        Italy                          2,698       7,887       4,490       8,077
        Netherlands                      844         895       2,229       1,749
        Poland                            46         105         187         487
        Spain                          9,089       9,028      18,672      13,724
        Sweden                        16,418      21,605       7,534      16,094
        United Kingdom                 3,095       7,248       6,615       8,458
        Other EU                       2,761       5,437      11,347       8,117
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                85         178           4          39
    Russia                             2,747       8,336       9,751       7,657
    Switzerland                          163         761         148         552
    Turkey                             1,395       1,801       1,224       1,300
    Ukraine                            1,482       1,938       2,435       3,673
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             74,057     114,390      72,071      95,438
Pacific Rim Countries                 81,914     110,514      84,923     109,374
    Australia                             17          84         (-)          11
    China                             35,357      42,340      19,429      21,889
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             39,982      58,229      55,661      76,800
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                    6,536       9,845       9,804      10,655
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                          5,377       5,625       8,828       7,985
        Singapore                        (-)           5         (-)         (-)
        Taiwan                         1,159       4,216         975       2,669
        Other Pacific Rim                 22          14          29          18
South/Central America                 16,492      17,598      11,000      16,041
        Argentina                        111         258         389       1,382
        Brazil                         8,602      10,436      10,161      14,276
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       3,317       4,589         183         239
        Venezuela                      4,457       2,311         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                        4           5         267         145
Other Countries                        3,373       5,033       3,557       4,287
        Egypt                          1,190         603         (-)         (-)
        India                          1,896       2,439       2,510       3,642
        South Africa                     221         611       1,045         633
        Thailand                          48       1,354         (-)           2
        Other                             19          26           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 2007 (CB-07-43)