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

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

Total Census Basis                   431,465     559,962     580,875   1,052,369

North America                        214,226     238,355     116,569     193,578
    Canada                           177,181     194,192      92,570     134,115
    Mexico                            37,045      44,164      23,999      59,463
Europe                               100,135     155,946     244,237     468,528
    European Union                    88,702     146,184     181,246     394,638
        Austria                        3,180       6,988      12,509      25,145
        Belgium                           22          65       1,618       6,296
        Czech Republic                 3,023       3,455       5,072       6,418
        Finland                          939       3,128       1,348       1,969
        France                         8,700      20,258      28,476      66,763
        Germany                       19,044      34,492      40,524     105,990
        Italy                          3,996       9,914      15,631      49,553
        Netherlands                    7,442       5,753       7,888       7,630
        Poland                            54         236         588       1,543
        Spain                          4,121       5,547      22,686      35,693
        Sweden                        25,251      35,610      31,585      59,050
        United Kingdom                11,697      18,013       9,650      18,018
        Other EU                       1,233       2,725       3,672      10,571
    Norway                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Russia                             8,735       5,614      16,695      34,105
    Switzerland                          215         699         120         553
    Turkey                                95         105      38,174      26,548
    Ukraine                            1,892       2,744       8,002      12,684
    Other Europe                         496         601         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             48,598      88,723     131,786     302,152
Pacific Rim Countries                102,961     139,337     206,418     356,337
    Australia                            203         682           1          41
    China                             17,897      20,895     110,776     186,583
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             75,857     102,580      72,361     130,875
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                    8,986      15,161      23,227      38,747
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                          7,357      10,839      19,987      26,255
        Singapore                         11         112         389       1,706
        Taiwan                         1,618       4,210       2,851      10,786
        Other Pacific Rim                 18          19          53          91
South/Central America                 12,950      24,505      11,387      27,493
        Argentina                      4,253       9,548       3,400       8,983
        Brazil                         2,791       5,462       6,012      14,232
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       5,891       9,477       1,846       4,088
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       16          18         129         190
Other Countries                        1,192       1,818       2,264       6,432
        India                            966       1,458       1,860       4,033
        South Africa                     129         190         330         762
        Thailand                          97         170          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
March 2010 (CB-10-56)