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

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

Total Census Basis                 1,183,185   2,130,546   1,800,011   2,685,723

North America                        335,421     479,460     815,494   1,009,053
    Canada                           295,730     391,103     661,485     828,821
    Mexico                            39,691      88,357     154,009     180,232
Europe                               439,398     898,922     538,551   1,042,103
    European Union                   368,550     810,660     494,238     957,070
        Austria                       30,249      59,108      48,072     113,035
        Belgium                        2,320       8,918       7,799      33,742
        Czech Republic                16,303      18,682      12,959      17,982
        Finland                        2,123       3,886       6,474      15,979
        France                        49,869     131,399      44,076      94,862
        Germany                       93,148     237,032     187,324     360,297
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Italy                         32,537     105,093      18,087      56,167
        Netherlands                   12,181      10,931      23,263      17,501
        Poland                         1,147       3,025         494       1,159
        Spain                         37,204      64,769      23,628      34,056
        Sweden                        58,235     105,854      72,525     133,379
        United Kingdom                27,216      46,435      44,003      63,484
        Other EU                       6,018      15,529       5,534      15,428
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                               (-)         (-)           8          74
    Russia                            22,817      45,279      20,460      43,926
    Switzerland                          262       1,228         719       2,580
    Turkey                            38,258      26,651       2,144       2,823
    Ukraine                            8,778      14,059      20,981      35,629
    Other Europe                         733       1,045         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            262,070     627,169     362,278     737,585
Pacific Rim Countries                374,111     673,627     384,208     531,481
    Australia                             19         311          41         443
    China                            184,474     315,365     120,960     178,588
    Indonesia                            878       3,235         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            154,061     297,851     209,724     269,278
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   34,609      56,726      53,473      83,091
        Hong Kong                         16          18          15          17
        Korea                         28,591      36,891      42,756      50,948
        Singapore                        390       1,709          40         174
        Taiwan                         5,611      18,108      10,662      31,952
        Other Pacific Rim                 70         139          10          81
South/Central America                 27,880      61,243      41,321      75,220
        Argentina                      7,414      20,668       4,032       7,130
        Brazil                        16,636      32,838      22,647      45,568
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       3,434       7,192      14,243      21,984
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          16          16
        Other S/C A                      395         546         383         522
Other Countries                        6,375      17,293      20,437      27,865
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          5,620      14,261      19,544      26,444
        South Africa                     604       1,217         807       1,081
        Thailand                         110       1,720          16         262
        Other                             41          95          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
June 2009 (CB-09-115)