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

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

Total Census Basis                 2,090,996   3,454,286   4,172,982   6,665,819

North America                        822,509   1,046,777   1,535,459   2,092,299
    Canada                           745,142     894,370   1,265,917   1,716,702
    Mexico                            77,368     152,407     269,542     375,598
Europe                               661,945   1,327,975   1,245,129   2,496,597
    European Union                   582,966   1,228,053   1,140,151   2,272,526
        Austria                       41,393      80,737      94,050     216,883
        Belgium                        5,044      24,229      12,321      53,084
        Czech Republic                26,992      29,442      32,981      48,956
        Finland                        4,872       9,879      14,270      35,236
        France                        70,216     180,536     115,527     250,818
        Germany                      153,864     377,622     398,862     804,940
        Hungary                          (-)         (-)           1           4
        Italy                         48,553     143,901      47,874     141,152
        Netherlands                   44,228      34,642      78,981      73,170
        Poland                         1,754       5,296       1,834       5,334
        Spain                         46,166      77,366      69,107     141,281
        Sweden                        84,788     153,173     157,903     294,716
        United Kingdom                46,598      90,882      98,194     160,239
        Other EU                       8,497      20,348      18,245      46,713
    Moldova                              (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Norway                                10          23       2,852      11,667
    Russia                            26,894      50,417      40,259      94,822
    Switzerland                          953       3,378       1,495       5,366
    Turkey                            38,871      27,335       3,257       5,044
    Ukraine                           10,559      16,624      57,116     107,171
    Other Europe                       1,692       2,145         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            419,042     939,300     837,492   1,738,491
Pacific Rim Countries                553,076     972,432   1,217,456   1,716,190
    Australia                          2,296       6,792         255       1,465
    China                            207,522     358,641     636,590     876,088
    Indonesia                            878       3,235         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            282,887     514,405     470,110     650,391
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   59,390      89,173     110,349     187,913
        Hong Kong                         16          18          15          17
        Korea                         49,759      60,285      88,851     119,690
        Singapore                        405       1,869          61         221
        Taiwan                         9,210      27,001      21,421      67,985
        Other Pacific Rim                103         186         152         333
South/Central America                 45,290      85,408     130,767     292,661
        Argentina                      9,264      24,204      33,025      79,002
        Brazil                        29,080      49,224      59,044     131,176
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       5,791      10,767      38,090      81,563
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)          98         216
        Other S/C A                    1,154       1,212         512         704
Other Countries                        8,176      21,694      44,171      68,072
        Egypt                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        India                          7,065      18,148      42,212      64,719
        South Africa                     873       1,609       1,619       2,361
        Thailand                         110       1,720         176         680
        Other                            128         217         164         312
                                           

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
December 2009 (CB-10-11)