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

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

Total Census Basis                   705,990     927,719     809,637   1,477,389

North America                        362,501     398,197     189,943     292,466
    Canada                           313,513     339,041     161,424     223,480
    Mexico                            48,987      59,156      28,519      68,986
Europe                               158,017     261,468     323,908     647,711
    European Union                   143,233     248,504     257,925     567,636
        Austria                        7,536      14,945      21,390      40,956
        Belgium                           43         138       1,714       6,575
        Czech Republic                 3,301       3,614       6,740       8,909
        Finland                        1,523       4,929       1,550       2,490
        France                        13,666      33,355      38,605     100,233
        Germany                       38,119      72,005      66,614     163,584
        Italy                          6,483      15,897      21,201      69,101
        Netherlands                    8,887       6,945       8,173       8,169
        Poland                            92         330         842       2,284
        Spain                          9,284      12,915      26,962      44,723
        Sweden                        32,334      48,108      40,249      76,022
        United Kingdom                19,049      29,163      18,883      31,406
        Other EU                       2,916       6,158       5,003      13,184
    Norway                                 1           2         (-)         (-)
    Russia                            11,198       7,271      19,103      39,257
    Switzerland                          361       1,194         166         778
    Turkey                               207         272      38,192      26,574
    Ukraine                            2,521       3,623       8,523      13,466
    Other Europe                         496         601         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                             87,729     166,063     187,922     440,119
Pacific Rim Countries                162,094     227,181     272,117     477,592
    Australia                            283         939          12         137
    China                             22,375      29,361     141,441     244,793
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            125,447     172,531     101,478     184,842
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   13,971      24,331      29,116      47,681
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)          16          18
        Korea                         10,872      16,695      24,551      32,146
        Singapore                         11         112         390       1,709
        Taiwan                         3,089       7,524       4,159      13,807
        Other Pacific Rim                 18          19          70         139
South/Central America                 16,221      30,620      18,608      45,644
        Argentina                      4,602      10,294       6,247      16,530
        Brazil                         4,005       7,899       9,839      23,916
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       7,549      12,368       2,211       4,755
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       65          59         311         443
Other Countries                        7,158      10,252       5,061      13,977
        India                          6,651       9,414       4,519      11,330
        South Africa                     305         474         454         983
        Thailand                         200         357          69       1,632
        Other                              2           8          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
April 2010 (CB-10-70)