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

                                January 2010            January 2009
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   212,206     276,014     334,047     594,214

North America                        100,464     110,126      60,868     102,354
    Canada                            83,827      91,896      46,214      67,500
    Mexico                            16,637      18,230      14,653      34,854
Europe                                51,975      82,645     142,287     269,821
    European Union                    44,257      76,357     103,454     231,076
        Austria                        2,790       5,189       6,650      13,082
        Belgium                            7          24         883       3,262
        Czech Republic                   110         212         630         652
        Finland                          443       1,320       1,011       1,299
        France                         5,237      12,549      16,987      35,681
        Germany                       12,710      22,857      27,137      70,224
        Italy                          3,231       7,903      11,812      35,553
        Netherlands                    3,126       2,435       2,836       3,091
        Poland                            54         236         528       1,262
        Spain                          1,340       1,352       9,770      22,566
        Sweden                         8,913      12,455      15,804      26,405
        United Kingdom                 5,626       8,518       6,617      10,336
        Other EU                         669       1,306       2,790       7,663
    Norway                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Russia                             5,282       2,917       3,998      10,205
    Switzerland                          109         389          69         310
    Turkey                                52          55      26,867      15,890
    Ukraine                            1,778       2,325       7,899      12,340
    Other Europe                         496         601         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             29,481      54,817      77,906     187,241
Pacific Rim Countries                 51,296      67,997     119,985     195,148
    Australia                             71         241         (-)         (-)
    China                             14,323      14,429      59,153      87,160
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             31,513      45,561      43,414      79,727
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                    5,389       7,767      17,365      28,170
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                          4,164       4,766      15,296      20,772
        Singapore                         11         112         (-)         (-)
        Taiwan                         1,213       2,889       2,069       7,398
        Other Pacific Rim                (-)         (-)          53          91
South/Central America                  7,863      14,383       9,608      22,500
        Argentina                      2,969       6,571       3,290       8,740
        Brazil                         1,143       1,733       5,383      11,547
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       3,751       6,079         919       2,188
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      (-)         (-)          16          26
Other Countries                          608         863       1,299       4,391
        India                            485         708         895       1,992
        South Africa                     105         114         330         762
        Thailand                          18          41          54       1,605
        Other                            (-)         (-)          20          32
                                           

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
February 2010 (CB-10-35)