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

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

Total Census Basis                 1,022,932   1,329,184   1,061,417   1,177,326

North America                        431,888     443,127     385,519     333,184
    Canada                           294,405     343,516     256,538     257,549
    Mexico                           137,482      99,612     128,981      75,634
Europe                               314,692     503,034     381,086     476,787
    European Union                   294,140     461,781     330,026     427,298
        Austria                       32,571      45,595      24,883      39,203
        Belgium                        6,266      17,996      10,397      13,093
        Czech Republic                10,881      13,675       8,979      11,435
        Finland                        1,901       3,836       4,170       3,654
        France                        51,462      87,826      31,945      57,788
        Germany                       75,620     125,239      86,120     118,385
        Hungary                            1           3           1           7
        Italy                         10,706      25,102      15,609      21,278
        Netherlands                   12,014       8,898      16,914      11,320
        Poland                           510       1,235       1,486       2,377
        Spain                         23,192      25,451      47,931      37,369
        Sweden                        44,192      65,340      33,546      64,538
        United Kingdom                19,280      29,761      17,715      24,007
        Other EU                       5,547      11,824      30,330      22,846
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                89         752       8,505       2,944
    Russia                            11,115      27,540      26,327      27,639
    Switzerland                          485       2,027         672       2,394
    Turkey                             2,615       3,041       3,334       4,061
    Ukraine                            6,234       7,879      12,220      12,447
    Other Europe                          13          15           2           4
Euro Area                            216,343     346,614     240,929     310,336
Pacific Rim Countries                229,067     319,013     253,815     310,539
    Australia                             34         150          26         122
    China                             86,200     111,652      61,788      66,658
    Indonesia                            368         674         252         467
    Japan                            108,450     163,378     161,558     209,781
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   33,851      43,053      30,162      33,493
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         30,802      31,745      27,189      25,411
        Singapore                        (-)          10           7          14
        Taiwan                         3,049      11,298       2,966       8,067
        Other Pacific Rim                163         105          29          18
South/Central America                 36,348      45,492      29,763      45,479
        Argentina                        305         937       2,701       7,058
        Brazil                        21,249      29,859      25,281      33,604
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       8,151      11,340         795       1,060
        Venezuela                      4,469       2,327         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                    2,175       1,029         987       3,758
Other Countries                       10,937      18,517      11,233      11,338
        Egypt                          1,190         603         (-)         (-)
        India                          8,840      12,221       5,290       7,740
        South Africa                     680       2,103       5,868       3,474
        Thailand                         142       3,467          41          60
        Other                             85         123          34          64
                                           

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
April 2007 (CB-07-72)