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 2011            January 2010
                                Cumulative to           Cumulative to
                                Date - Final            Date - Final
Countries and
Areas                           Quantity    Value       Quantity    Value

Total Census Basis                   315,566     467,970     212,206     276,014

North America                        101,459     121,971     100,464     110,126
    Canada                            80,788      92,479      83,827      91,896
    Mexico                            20,671      29,492      16,637      18,230
Europe                               122,001     194,102      51,975      82,645
    European Union                   104,268     168,195      44,257      76,357
        Austria                        6,710      14,414       2,790       5,189
        Belgium                          418         382           7          24
        Czech Republic                 7,541      11,185         110         212
        Finland                          615       1,304         443       1,320
        France                         8,974      20,861       5,237      12,549
        Germany                       45,137      65,074      12,710      22,857
        Italy                          4,734       6,683       3,231       7,903
        Netherlands                    6,390       4,580       3,126       2,435
        Poland                           140         333          54         236
        Spain                          4,364       7,351       1,340       1,352
        Sweden                         8,048      16,264       8,913      12,455
        United Kingdom                 7,131      11,615       5,626       8,518
        Other EU                       4,066       8,151         669       1,306
    Norway                                 0           0           0           0
    Russia                             5,784       8,554       5,282       2,917
    Switzerland                          337       1,199         109         389
    Turkey                             6,242       8,431          52          55
    Ukraine                              725       1,719       1,778       2,325
    Other Europe                       4,644       6,005         496         601
Euro Area                             79,302     124,337      29,481      54,817
Pacific Rim Countries                 68,297     111,218      51,296      67,997
    Australia                              0           0          71         241
    China                             10,524      20,322      14,323      14,429
    Indonesia                             20          74           0           0
    Japan                             46,671      75,575      31,513      45,561
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   11,083      15,247       5,389       7,767
        Hong Kong                          0           0           0           0
        Korea                         10,259      12,443       4,164       4,766
        Singapore                          0           0          11         112
        Taiwan                           824       2,804       1,213       2,889
        Other Pacific Rim                  0           0           0           0
South/Central America                 10,718      20,695       7,863      14,383
        Argentina                      5,506       9,969       2,969       6,571
        Brazil                         4,406       9,458       1,143       1,733
        Chile                              0           0           0           0
        Colombia                         788       1,228       3,751       6,079
        Venezuela                          0           0           0           0
        Other S/C A                       18          41           0           0
Other Countries                       13,090      19,983         608         863
        India                          5,975       9,152         485         708
        South Africa                     136         251         105         114
        Thailand                          81         151          18          41
        Other                          6,898      10,428           0           0
                                            

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.ht
ml.

CONTACT:  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Janet Fre
as (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCE:  U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary
February 2011 (CB-11-50)