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

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

Total Census Basis                 1,938,987   3,254,009   3,793,311   5,971,974

North America                        745,298     961,762   1,449,806   1,956,582
    Canada                           675,132     820,038   1,186,859   1,593,442
    Mexico                            70,166     141,724     262,947     363,140
Europe                               623,321   1,267,292   1,128,983   2,245,340
    European Union                   545,150   1,168,645   1,036,269   2,053,607
        Austria                       40,987      78,925      87,374     201,453
        Belgium                        4,947      23,916      12,190      52,638
        Czech Republic                24,419      26,709      31,884      47,582
        Finland                        4,033       7,982      13,962      34,198
        France                        66,152     173,730     103,351     217,891
        Germany                      143,525     358,781     376,258     748,463
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           1           4
        Italy                         46,821     138,819      43,888     128,858
        Netherlands                   33,784      26,430      65,709      58,821
        Poland                         1,695       5,046       1,711       4,770
        Spain                         45,215      75,730      60,566     119,811
        Sweden                        82,211     147,643     135,822     255,159
        United Kingdom                43,414      85,862      87,636     143,242
        Other EU                       7,947      19,072      15,917      40,717
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                10          23       2,852      11,667
    Russia                            26,743      50,125      34,238      78,164
    Switzerland                          737       2,909       1,414       5,126
    Turkey                            38,729      27,192       2,848       4,238
    Ukraine                           10,261      16,255      51,362      92,537
    Other Europe                       1,692       2,145         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            389,628     893,461     769,300   1,582,460
Pacific Rim Countries                527,485     928,560   1,060,673   1,462,464
    Australia                          1,141       4,280         255       1,465
    China                            204,113     351,788     536,255     716,064
    Indonesia                            878       3,235         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            264,260     484,027     422,836     573,607
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   56,990      85,044     101,245     171,120
        Hong Kong                         16          18          15          17
        Korea                         47,889      57,854      82,067     108,756
        Singapore                        405       1,869          61         221
        Taiwan                         8,680      25,303      19,101      62,126
        Other Pacific Rim                103         186          82         207
South/Central America                 34,874      75,185     112,223     244,929
        Argentina                      8,930      23,319      26,964      62,782
        Brazil                        20,488      42,445      50,447     110,675
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       4,372       8,297      34,213      70,568
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          98         216
        Other S/C A                    1,084       1,124         502         687
Other Countries                        8,008      21,210      41,626      62,658
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          6,897      17,665      39,796      59,598
        South Africa                     873       1,609       1,543       2,238
        Thailand                         110       1,720         176         680
        Other                            128         217         111         142
                                           

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 Janet Freas
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
November 2009 (CB-09-193)