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

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

Total Census Basis                 1,679,068   2,522,803   1,281,241   1,726,113

North America                        618,264     754,546     609,010     700,593
    Canada                           509,782     598,146     523,712     589,404
    Mexico                           108,482     156,399      85,298     111,189
Europe                               541,469     946,057     331,328     520,013
    European Union                   500,127     878,189     293,344     482,218
        Austria                       46,904      95,704      21,422      38,161
        Belgium                        3,899       5,739         639         799
        Czech Republic                29,406      41,067      12,719      14,706
        Finland                        5,485      10,704       4,677      11,060
        France                        61,139     131,942      27,347      57,824
        Germany                      152,765     262,626      74,849     137,864
        Italy                         22,319      40,717       9,517      22,960
        Netherlands                   30,184      29,895      21,242      16,771
        Poland                         4,813       6,523         149         453
        Spain                         24,613      39,919      18,709      26,805
        Sweden                        61,084     116,549      55,963      85,131
        United Kingdom                44,514      71,418      37,120      54,854
        Other EU                      13,003      25,384       8,991      14,831
    Norway                               (-)         (-)           1           2
    Russia                             8,732      13,998      21,304      16,605
    Switzerland                        1,800       6,027         717       2,313
    Turkey                            15,736      21,961       3,421       3,416
    Ukraine                            9,417      18,622       7,414       9,185
    Other Europe                       5,657       7,261       5,127       6,274
Euro Area                            354,551     630,453     185,421     323,629
Pacific Rim Countries                359,609     575,907     285,748     410,744
    Australia                            110         474         613       2,045
    China                             69,390     122,871      34,704      48,338
    Indonesia                          2,615       4,581         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            230,303     366,703     215,829     307,857
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   57,189      81,273      34,541      52,365
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         50,984      63,125      28,554      38,451
        Singapore                        (-)         (-)          11         116
        Taiwan                         6,205      18,148       5,976      13,797
        Other Pacific Rim                  1           7          60         140
South/Central America                 48,919      93,214      31,723      61,823
        Argentina                     21,232      38,218       7,321      16,902
        Brazil                        16,618      36,405      12,457      25,181
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                      10,922      18,394      11,874      19,674
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                      147         197          72          66
Other Countries                      110,807     153,079      23,432      32,940
        India                         90,304     121,508      22,773      31,866
        South Africa                     265         487         437         680
        Thailand                         300         589         200         357
        Other                         19,938      30,495          22          37
                                           

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
June 2011 (CB-11-127)