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

Total Census Basis                 1,268,078   1,908,401     987,345   1,305,608

North America                        454,912     549,952     492,609     561,922
    Canada                           387,166     445,220     427,626     475,791
    Mexico                            67,746     104,732      64,983      86,131
Europe                               423,992     739,581     235,904     369,743
    European Union                   389,054     683,526     211,088     348,695
        Austria                       35,471      73,138      13,879      25,602
        Belgium                        2,688       3,852         609         766
        Czech Republic                19,635      28,206       6,667       7,788
        Finland                        4,379       7,681       3,104       7,867
        France                        51,539     106,489      19,976      43,939
        Germany                      126,277     211,269      53,012      97,142
        Italy                         16,563      31,151       7,892      19,012
        Netherlands                   17,346      16,297      17,004      13,174
        Poland                         2,561       3,556         130         421
        Spain                         18,009      30,439      11,344      14,774
        Sweden                        48,136      93,599      45,555      68,029
        United Kingdom                37,647      59,658      26,893      40,945
        Other EU                       8,803      18,191       5,024       9,236
    Norway                               (-)         (-)           1           2
    Russia                             7,664      11,722      17,251      11,256
    Switzerland                        1,572       5,207         486       1,602
    Turkey                            14,003      19,377         624         669
    Ukraine                            6,042      12,489       5,958       6,917
    Other Europe                       5,657       7,261         496         601
Euro Area                            276,932     490,031     130,582     229,325
Pacific Rim Countries                282,442     451,816     228,126     319,539
    Australia                            110         474         613       2,045
    China                             52,294      92,923      30,736      40,557
    Indonesia                          2,339       4,121         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            183,940     291,849     169,908     235,581
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   43,758      62,442      26,851      41,337
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         38,315      47,846      21,549      29,946
        Singapore                        (-)         (-)          11         116
        Taiwan                         5,443      14,597       5,290      11,275
        Other Pacific Rim                  1           7          18          19
South/Central America                 36,263      70,407      20,204      39,677
        Argentina                     14,890      27,408       5,883      14,173
        Brazil                        13,376      29,409       5,501      11,003
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       7,912      13,478       8,756      14,442
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       85         111          65          59
Other Countries                       70,470      96,644      10,501      14,728
        India                         56,511      75,574       9,881      13,712
        South Africa                     238         437         414         647
        Thailand                         196         417         200         357
        Other                         13,524      20,217           6          13
                                           

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
May 2011 (CB-11-111)