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 2009            January 2008
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   334,047     594,214     352,256     502,325

North America                         60,868     102,354     142,190     163,639
    Canada                            46,214      67,500     107,287     128,772
    Mexico                            14,653      34,854      34,903      34,866
Europe                               142,287     269,821     111,131     201,263
    European Union                   103,454     231,076     102,588     183,843
        Austria                        6,650      13,082      12,674      27,088
        Belgium                          883       3,262       1,633       7,896
        Czech Republic                   630         652       3,322       4,712
        Finland                        1,011       1,299         675       1,688
        France                        16,987      35,681      10,193      18,934
        Germany                       27,137      70,224      33,647      58,477
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         11,812      35,553       4,666      13,920
        Netherlands                    2,836       3,091       4,677       3,714
        Poland                           528       1,262         100         271
        Spain                          9,770      22,566       4,387       6,179
        Sweden                        15,804      26,405      15,408      24,414
        United Kingdom                 6,617      10,336      10,101      14,026
        Other EU                       2,790       7,663       1,106       2,523
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Russia                             3,998      10,205       1,940       6,469
    Switzerland                           69         310         157         610
    Turkey                            26,867      15,890          62          66
    Ukraine                            7,899      12,340       6,384      10,275
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             77,906     187,241      73,005     139,332
Pacific Rim Countries                119,985     195,148      86,250     116,903
    Australia                            (-)         (-)          16          95
    China                             59,153      87,160      25,421      34,668
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             43,414      79,727      47,061      59,597
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   17,365      28,170      13,742      22,463
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         15,296      20,772      11,565      15,168
        Singapore                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Taiwan                         2,069       7,398       2,178       7,295
        Other Pacific Rim                 53          91          10          81
South/Central America                  9,608      22,500       7,774      14,121
        Argentina                      3,290       8,740          35         107
        Brazil                         5,383      11,547       4,948      10,220
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                         919       2,188       2,695       3,672
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       16          26          96         122
Other Countries                        1,299       4,391       4,911       6,401
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                            895       1,992       4,668       6,058
        South Africa                     330         762         243         343
        Thailand                          54       1,605         (-)         (-)
        Other                             20          32         (-)         (-)
                                           

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 2009 (CB-09-46)