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

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

Total Census Basis                   918,694   1,384,065     705,990     927,719

North America                        338,093     406,708     362,501     398,197
    Canada                           280,536     318,520     313,513     339,041
    Mexico                            57,557      88,188      48,987      59,156
Europe                               320,587     554,677     158,017     261,468
    European Union                   294,574     512,862     143,233     248,504
        Austria                       24,962      50,878       7,536      14,945
        Belgium                        1,495       2,135          43         138
        Czech Republic                12,246      18,298       3,301       3,614
        Finland                        1,973       4,006       1,523       4,929
        France                        32,769      74,813      13,666      33,355
        Germany                      107,201     172,738      38,119      72,005
        Italy                         13,362      24,405       6,483      15,897
        Netherlands                   13,607      12,229       8,887       6,945
        Poland                           386         991          92         330
        Spain                         14,075      23,651       9,284      12,915
        Sweden                        35,014      67,865      32,334      48,108
        United Kingdom                31,588      48,548      19,049      29,163
        Other EU                       5,896      12,304       2,916       6,158
    Norway                               (-)         (-)           1           2
    Russia                             6,365       9,612      11,198       7,271
    Switzerland                        1,304       4,317         361       1,194
    Turkey                             8,895      12,501         207         272
    Ukraine                            3,791       8,124       2,521       3,623
    Other Europe                       5,657       7,261         496         601
Euro Area                            212,656     371,537      87,729     166,063
Pacific Rim Countries                200,123     320,457     162,094     227,181
    Australia                             89         373         283         939
    China                             33,982      60,329      22,375      29,361
    Indonesia                            592       1,360         (-)         (-)
    Japan                            137,423     215,892     125,447     172,531
    Newly Industrialized                                                        
    Countries(NICS)                   28,036      42,497      13,971      24,331
        Hong Kong                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Korea                         24,562      32,241      10,872      16,695
        Singapore                        (-)         (-)          11         112
        Taiwan                         3,474      10,256       3,089       7,524
        Other Pacific Rim                  1           7          18          19
South/Central America                 27,268      53,627      16,221      30,620
        Argentina                     12,346      22,971       4,602      10,294
        Brazil                         9,153      20,893       4,005       7,899
        Chile                            (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Colombia                       5,708       9,671       7,549      12,368
        Venezuela                        (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
        Other S/C A                       61          91          65          59
Other Countries                       32,624      48,597       7,158      10,252
        India                         18,816      27,779       6,651       9,414
        South Africa                     211         381         305         474
        Thailand                          96         271         200         357
        Other                         13,501      20,166           2           8
                                            

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)