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 2008            January 2007
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   352,256     502,325     354,018     444,346

North America                        142,190     163,639     144,942     143,467
    Canada                           107,287     128,772      85,896      99,243
    Mexico                            34,903      34,866      59,046      44,223
Europe                               111,131     201,263     107,297     167,735
    European Union                   102,588     183,843     101,425     154,721
        Austria                       12,674      27,088      12,058      15,807
        Belgium                        1,633       7,896       1,814       4,933
        Czech Republic                 3,322       4,712       5,776       7,842
        Finland                          675       1,688         655       1,238
        France                        10,193      18,934      21,434      34,545
        Germany                       33,647      58,477      24,739      38,148
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           1           3
        Italy                          4,666      13,920       2,698       7,887
        Netherlands                    4,677       3,714         844         895
        Poland                           100         271          46         105
        Spain                          4,387       6,179       9,089       9,028
        Sweden                        15,408      24,414      16,418      21,605
        United Kingdom                10,101      14,026       3,095       7,248
        Other EU                       1,106       2,523       2,761       5,437
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                               (-)         (-)          85         178
    Russia                             1,940       6,469       2,747       8,336
    Switzerland                          157         610         163         761
    Turkey                                62          66       1,395       1,801
    Ukraine                            6,384      10,275       1,482       1,938
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             73,005     139,332      74,057     114,390
Pacific Rim Countries                 86,250     116,903      81,914     110,514
    Australia                             16          95          17          84
    China                             25,421      34,668      35,357      42,340
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             47,061      59,597      39,982      58,229
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   13,742      22,463       6,536       9,845
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         11,565      15,168       5,377       5,625
        Singapore                        (-)         (-)         (-)           5
        Taiwan                         2,178       7,295       1,159       4,216
        Other Pacific Rim                 10          81          22          14
South/Central America                  7,774      14,121      16,492      17,598
        Argentina                         35         107         111         258
        Brazil                         4,948      10,220       8,602      10,436
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       2,695       3,672       3,317       4,589
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)       4,457       2,311
        Other S/C A                       96         122           4           5
Other Countries                        4,911       6,401       3,373       5,033
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)       1,190         603
        India                          4,668       6,058       1,896       2,439
        South Africa                     243         343         221         611
        Thailand                         (-)         (-)          48       1,354
        Other                            (-)         (-)          19          26
                                           

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 Maria Iseman
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
February 2008 (CB-08-48)