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

Total Census Basis                   580,875   1,052,369     687,397     998,244

North America                        116,569     193,578     306,839     360,967
    Canada                            92,570     134,115     214,645     266,818
    Mexico                            23,999      59,463      92,194      94,149
Europe                               244,237     468,528     210,274     402,351
    European Union                   181,246     394,638     197,440     375,571
        Austria                       12,509      25,145      19,972      45,682
        Belgium                        1,618       6,296       2,558      12,457
        Czech Republic                 5,072       6,418       3,521       5,413
        Finland                        1,348       1,969       2,275       5,362
        France                        28,476      66,763      20,212      40,013
        Germany                       40,524     105,990      78,520     150,032
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         15,631      49,553       7,633      23,199
        Netherlands                    7,888       7,630       7,158       6,008
        Poland                           588       1,543         124         344
        Spain                         22,686      35,693       7,793       9,575
        Sweden                        31,585      59,050      27,497      47,608
        United Kingdom                 9,650      18,018      18,626      25,893
        Other EU                       3,672      10,571       1,552       3,986
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                               (-)         (-)           4          27
    Russia                            16,695      34,105       4,131      12,565
    Switzerland                          120         553         264       1,004
    Turkey                            38,174      26,548       1,911       2,368
    Ukraine                            8,002      12,684       6,525      10,816
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            131,786     302,152     146,976     295,190
Pacific Rim Countries                206,418     356,337     152,155     203,132
    Australia                              1          41          16          95
    China                            110,776     186,583      54,665      72,449
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             72,361     130,875      77,463      98,535
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   23,227      38,747      20,000      31,972
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         19,987      26,255      16,510      20,632
        Singapore                        389       1,706           2           2
        Taiwan                         2,851      10,786       3,488      11,338
        Other Pacific Rim                 53          91          10          81
South/Central America                 11,387      27,493      12,743      24,645
        Argentina                      3,400       8,983         576       1,403
        Brazil                         6,012      14,232       8,334      16,974
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       1,846       4,088       3,680       6,073
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      129         190         152         196
Other Countries                        2,264       6,432       5,386       7,149
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          1,860       4,033       5,039       6,672
        South Africa                     330         762         287         410
        Thailand                          54       1,605         (-)         (-)
        Other                             20          32          60          67
                                           

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 2009 (CB-09-63)