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

Total Census Basis                   584,290     865,564     431,465     559,962

North America                        203,804     238,117     214,226     238,355
    Canada                           175,290     195,191     177,181     194,192
    Mexico                            28,514      42,925      37,045      44,164
Europe                               209,942     349,754     100,135     155,946
    European Union                   190,189     319,734      88,702     146,184
        Austria                       18,049      36,738       3,180       6,988
        Belgium                          633         826          22          65
        Czech Republic                 9,087      13,414       3,023       3,455
        Finland                          945       2,003         939       3,128
        France                        18,113      41,911       8,700      20,258
        Germany                       76,461     115,642      19,044      34,492
        Italy                          8,868      14,242       3,996       9,914
        Netherlands                    8,184       6,683       7,442       5,753
        Poland                           224         586          54         236
        Spain                          7,338      11,996       4,121       5,547
        Sweden                        17,862      35,807      25,251      35,610
        United Kingdom                19,283      29,124      11,697      18,013
        Other EU                       5,142      10,761       1,233       2,725
    Norway                               (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
    Russia                             5,996       8,852       8,735       5,614
    Switzerland                          843       2,756         215         699
    Turkey                             6,260       8,452          95         105
    Ukraine                              998       2,700       1,892       2,744
    Other Europe                       5,657       7,261         496         601
Euro Area                            141,049     235,180      48,598      88,723
Pacific Rim Countries                134,137     214,968     102,961     139,337
    Australia                             89         373         203         682
    China                             19,815      36,872      17,897      20,895
    Indonesia                             91         333         (-)         (-)
    Japan                             95,571     150,975      75,857     102,580
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   18,570      26,408       8,986      15,161
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         16,052      20,069       7,357      10,839
        Singapore                        (-)         (-)          11         112
        Taiwan                         2,518       6,339       1,618       4,210
        Other Pacific Rim                  1           7          18          19
South/Central America                 18,582      35,790      12,950      24,505
        Argentina                     10,708      19,095       4,253       9,548
        Brazil                         5,442      12,699       2,791       5,462
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       2,376       3,911       5,891       9,477
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       55          84          16          18
Other Countries                       17,825      26,936       1,192       1,818
        India                         10,676      15,988         966       1,458
        South Africa                     161         294         129         190
        Thailand                          90         225          97         170
        Other                          6,898      10,428         (-)         (-)
                                            

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
March 2011 (CB-11-68)