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

Total Census Basis                   661,847     843,526     719,106     768,051

North America                        275,522     273,289     287,300     234,705
    Canada                           166,064     194,571     169,691     169,163
    Mexico                           109,458      78,718     117,608      65,542
Europe                               204,371     319,473     261,401     309,064
    European Union                   191,521     293,442     226,802     276,170
        Austria                       18,267      26,199      11,917      20,307
        Belgium                        3,648      10,654       6,662       7,954
        Czech Republic                 6,690       9,368       1,838       2,718
        Finland                        1,215       2,287       2,762       2,516
        France                        36,659      62,886      24,662      42,932
        Germany                       49,871      77,010      58,886      77,577
        Hungary                            1           3         (-)           5
        Italy                          6,789      14,949       8,547      13,242
        Netherlands                    8,839       5,867      13,703       9,040
        Poland                           113         309         342         930
        Spain                         14,682      16,283      39,689      30,139
        Sweden                        29,745      41,606      17,423      33,504
        United Kingdom                11,101      17,613      11,469      15,746
        Other EU                       3,902       8,409      28,902      19,561
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                85         178       8,504       2,887
    Russia                             6,882      16,961      11,835      12,866
    Switzerland                          390       1,632         309       1,128
    Turkey                             2,576       2,988       3,119       3,938
    Ukraine                            2,904       4,257      10,830      12,071
    Other Europe                          13          15           2           4
Euro Area                            141,827     220,903     168,734     209,363
Pacific Rim Countries                150,874     210,878     144,483     185,221
    Australia                             18         103          26         115
    China                             56,468      75,453      28,934      35,954
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             72,076     108,115      98,918     130,594
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   22,202      27,136      16,576      18,539
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         20,474      20,625      14,808      13,715
        Singapore                        (-)          10         (-)         (-)
        Taiwan                         1,727       6,501       1,769       4,824
        Other Pacific Rim                110          70          29          18
South/Central America                 23,465      27,966      17,024      29,649
        Argentina                        190         526       2,195       5,096
        Brazil                        11,422      16,855      13,331      20,100
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       5,301       7,345         553         718
        Venezuela                      4,457       2,311         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                    2,095         929         945       3,735
Other Countries                        7,615      11,920       8,898       9,413
        Egypt                          1,190         603         (-)         (-)
        India                          5,921       8,083       4,885       6,935
        South Africa                     365       1,084       3,971       2,408
        Thailand                          75       2,063          41          60
        Other                             64          86           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
March 2007 (CB-07-58)