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

Total Census Basis                   809,637   1,477,389   1,070,637   1,571,558

North America                        189,943     292,466     489,163     583,303
    Canada                           161,424     223,480     372,869     459,407
    Mexico                            28,519      68,986     116,294     123,896
Europe                               323,908     647,711     312,119     618,476
    European Union                   257,925     567,636     288,906     569,810
        Austria                       21,390      40,956      33,463      76,315
        Belgium                        1,714       6,575       4,592      18,955
        Czech Republic                 6,740       8,909       8,749      12,445
        Finland                        1,550       2,490       3,667       8,874
        France                        38,605     100,233      27,597      58,409
        Germany                       66,614     163,584     102,527     201,951
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         21,201      69,101      11,604      36,624
        Netherlands                    8,173       8,169       9,978       8,583
        Poland                           842       2,284         124         344
        Spain                         26,962      44,723      13,235      17,950
        Sweden                        40,249      76,022      46,510      84,372
        United Kingdom                18,883      31,406      23,406      35,516
        Other EU                       5,003      13,184       3,454       9,473
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                               (-)         (-)           7          72
    Russia                            19,103      39,257       7,205      21,370
    Switzerland                          166         778         393       1,466
    Turkey                            38,192      26,574       1,994       2,470
    Ukraine                            8,523      13,466      13,614      23,289
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            187,922     440,119     208,668     434,623
Pacific Rim Countries                272,117     477,592     234,770     311,428
    Australia                             12         137          19         126
    China                            141,441     244,793      84,525     111,537
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            101,478     184,842     118,328     150,125
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   29,116      47,681      31,888      49,559
        Hong Kong                         16          18          15          17
        Korea                         24,551      32,146      26,226      32,192
        Singapore                        390       1,709          11          65
        Taiwan                         4,159      13,807       5,636      17,285
        Other Pacific Rim                 70         139          10          81
South/Central America                 18,608      45,644      22,282      42,049
        Argentina                      6,247      16,530         809       2,015
        Brazil                         9,839      23,916      12,929      26,286
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       2,211       4,755       8,263      13,394
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          16          16
        Other S/C A                      311         443         264         339
Other Countries                        5,061      13,977      12,304      16,303
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          4,519      11,330      11,669      15,276
        South Africa                     454         983         552         688
        Thailand                          69       1,632          16         262
        Other                             20          32          67          76
                                           

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
April 2009 (CB-09-78)