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

Total Census Basis                   687,397     998,244     661,847     843,526

North America                        306,839     360,967     275,522     273,289
    Canada                           214,645     266,818     166,064     194,571
    Mexico                            92,194      94,149     109,458      78,718
Europe                               210,274     402,351     204,371     319,473
    European Union                   197,440     375,571     191,521     293,442
        Austria                       19,972      45,682      18,267      26,199
        Belgium                        2,558      12,457       3,648      10,654
        Czech Republic                 3,521       5,413       6,690       9,368
        Finland                        2,275       5,362       1,215       2,287
        France                        20,212      40,013      36,659      62,886
        Germany                       78,520     150,032      49,871      77,010
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           1           3
        Italy                          7,633      23,199       6,789      14,949
        Netherlands                    7,158       6,008       8,839       5,867
        Poland                           124         344         113         309
        Spain                          7,793       9,575      14,682      16,283
        Sweden                        27,497      47,608      29,745      41,606
        United Kingdom                18,626      25,893      11,101      17,613
        Other EU                       1,552       3,986       3,902       8,409
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                 4          27          85         178
    Russia                             4,131      12,565       6,882      16,961
    Switzerland                          264       1,004         390       1,632
    Turkey                             1,911       2,368       2,576       2,988
    Ukraine                            6,525      10,816       2,904       4,257
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)          13          15
Euro Area                            146,976     295,190     141,827     220,903
Pacific Rim Countries                152,155     203,132     150,874     210,878
    Australia                             16          95          18         103
    China                             54,665      72,449      56,468      75,453
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             77,463      98,535      72,076     108,115
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   20,000      31,972      22,202      27,136
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         16,510      20,632      20,474      20,625
        Singapore                          2           2         (-)          10
        Taiwan                         3,488      11,338       1,727       6,501
        Other Pacific Rim                 10          81         110          70
South/Central America                 12,743      24,645      23,465      27,966
        Argentina                        576       1,403         190         526
        Brazil                         8,334      16,974      11,422      16,855
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       3,680       6,073       5,301       7,345
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)       4,457       2,311
        Other S/C A                      152         196       2,095         929
Other Countries                        5,386       7,149       7,615      11,920
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)       1,190         603
        India                          5,039       6,672       5,921       8,083
        South Africa                     287         410         365       1,084
        Thailand                         (-)         (-)          75       2,063
        Other                             60          67          64          86
                                           

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
March 2008 (CB-08-62)