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

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

Total Census Basis                   987,345   1,305,608   1,004,146   1,838,273

North America                        492,609     561,922     259,267     379,601
    Canada                           427,626     475,791     225,029     303,572
    Mexico                            64,983      86,131      34,238      76,028
Europe                               235,904     369,743     397,113     813,486
    European Union                   211,088     348,695     328,672     729,838
        Austria                       13,879      25,602      27,647      53,494
        Belgium                          609         766       2,261       8,628
        Czech Republic                 6,667       7,788       8,338      10,781
        Finland                        3,104       7,867       1,795       3,175
        France                        19,976      43,939      46,343     121,308
        Germany                       53,012      97,142      83,485     214,807
        Italy                          7,892      19,012      29,069      90,069
        Netherlands                   17,004      13,174      10,706       9,945
        Poland                           130         421       1,147       3,025
        Spain                         11,344      14,774      33,730      60,512
        Sweden                        45,555      68,029      54,534      99,328
        United Kingdom                26,893      40,945      24,096      40,266
        Other EU                       5,024       9,236       5,521      14,500
    Norway                                 1           2         (-)         (-)
    Russia                            17,251      11,256      21,343      42,344
    Switzerland                          486       1,602         214         999
    Turkey                               624         669      38,192      26,574
    Ukraine                            5,958       6,917       8,692      13,731
    Other Europe                         496         601         (-)         (-)
Euro Area                            130,582     229,325     237,268     567,542
Pacific Rim Countries                228,126     319,539     317,585     577,369
    Australia                            613       2,045          12         137
    China                             30,736      40,557     151,124     262,772
    Indonesia                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            169,908     235,581     135,385     262,912
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   26,851      41,337      30,994      51,410
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)          16          18
        Korea                         21,549      29,946      25,760      33,796
        Singapore                         11         116         390       1,709
        Taiwan                         5,290      11,275       4,828      15,886
        Other Pacific Rim                 18          19          70         139
South/Central America                 20,204      39,677      24,568      52,503
        Argentina                      5,883      14,173       6,519      17,532
        Brazil                         5,501      11,003      14,273      27,292
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       8,756      14,442       3,434       7,192
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       65          59         342         488
Other Countries                       10,501      14,728       5,613      15,315
        India                          9,881      13,712       4,945      12,446
        South Africa                     414         647         538       1,117
        Thailand                         200         357         110       1,720
        Other                              6          13          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
May 2010 (CB-10-91)