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

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

Total Census Basis                 1,004,146   1,838,273   1,466,360   2,160,347

North America                        259,267     379,601     656,376     793,950
    Canada                           225,029     303,572     520,303     642,892
    Mexico                            34,238      76,028     136,073     151,059
Europe                               397,113     813,486     451,076     864,699
    European Union                   328,672     729,838     410,318     787,157
        Austria                       27,647      53,494      41,293      95,070
        Belgium                        2,261       8,628       6,622      29,237
        Czech Republic                 8,338      10,781      10,690      15,122
        Finland                        1,795       3,175       4,520      11,315
        France                        46,343     121,308      35,973      77,856
        Germany                       83,485     214,807     156,655     300,217
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         29,069      90,069      13,929      44,114
        Netherlands                   10,706       9,945      22,339      16,354
        Poland                         1,147       3,025         165         501
        Spain                         33,730      60,512      21,198      30,110
        Sweden                        54,534      99,328      55,690     102,093
        United Kingdom                24,096      40,266      36,389      52,370
        Other EU                       5,521      14,500       4,855      12,800
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                               (-)         (-)           7          72
    Russia                            21,343      42,344      18,249      38,171
    Switzerland                          214         999         611       2,236
    Turkey                            38,192      26,574       2,073       2,732
    Ukraine                            8,692      13,731      19,819      34,331
    Other Europe                         (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Euro Area                        237,268     567,542     305,406     613,613
Pacific Rim Countries                317,585     577,369     315,946     427,513
    Australia                             12         137          36         390
    China                            151,124     262,772     101,562     142,241
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            135,385     262,912     171,811     217,732
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   30,994      51,410      42,526      67,070
        Hong Kong                         16          18          15          17
        Korea                         25,760      33,796      34,470      42,189
        Singapore                        390       1,709          27         152
        Taiwan                         4,828      15,886       8,014      24,711
        Other Pacific Rim                 70         139          10          81
South/Central America                 24,568      52,503      29,520      55,744
        Argentina                      6,519      17,532       2,779       5,427
        Brazil                        14,273      27,292      15,947      33,505
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       3,434       7,192      10,463      16,378
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          16          16
        Other S/C A                      342         488         315         418
Other Countries                        5,613      15,315      13,442      18,441
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          4,945      12,446      12,654      17,190
        South Africa                     538       1,117         703         909
        Thailand                         110       1,720          16         262
        Other                             20          32          70          79
                                          

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
May 2009 (CB-09-94)