Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 4. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Steel Products From Selected Countries and Areas: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. (-) Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. August 2000 August 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 24,934,575 10,635,354 21,214,962 8,248,511 North America 5,562,468 2,652,689 5,153,264 2,230,904 Canada 3,373,078 1,808,606 3,077,051 1,551,183 Mexico 2,189,390 844,083 2,076,213 679,721 Western Europe 5,062,375 3,014,456 4,176,865 2,281,808 Euro Area 3,786,457 2,283,096 3,323,118 1,758,215 European Union 4,406,784 2,809,472 3,848,709 2,170,999 Austria 109,257 92,488 52,717 52,644 Belgium 330,511 216,403 220,429 134,093 Finland 125,395 49,395 176,898 54,669 France 551,531 388,123 718,794 406,518 Germany 1,220,460 726,629 993,457 535,129 Italy 322,989 232,879 164,380 127,191 Netherlands 548,386 201,468 497,993 168,647 Spain 378,897 281,812 374,262 215,229 Sweden 124,370 198,473 131,529 168,759 United Kingdom 446,676 303,022 363,446 229,324 Other EU 248,312 118,780 154,806 78,795 European Free Trade Association 127,324 51,563 33,902 31,191 Norway 69,380 19,966 25,990 16,630 Switzerland 5,632 13,858 7,912 14,561 Other EFTA 52,311 17,739 (-) (-) Turkey 438,424 116,002 275,186 65,703 Other Western Europe 89,843 37,420 19,069 13,916 Eastern Europe/FSR 3,523,423 879,247 2,125,411 484,951 Poland 235,412 69,755 77,741 16,745 Former Soviet Republics 2,709,233 644,578 1,675,755 370,636 Moldova 273,592 56,382 227,931 47,725 Ukraine 1,105,090 234,070 397,777 69,935 Russia 862,165 246,596 734,333 190,299 Other FSR 468,385 107,530 315,714 62,678 Other EE 578,777 164,913 371,915 97,570 Pacific Rim Countries 6,088,752 2,623,640 5,824,784 2,273,474 Australia 584,278 148,183 533,301 104,406 China 968,565 318,324 368,106 120,340 Indonesia 258,559 74,717 314,201 76,976 Japan 1,355,848 829,638 2,040,975 1,036,337 Korea 1,832,664 721,197 1,864,679 628,960 Taiwan 912,546 461,714 561,543 259,624 Other Pacific Rim 176,292 69,868 141,980 46,833 South/Central America 3,171,620 889,227 3,149,405 721,958 Argentina 246,031 100,107 288,192 82,067 Brazil 2,388,078 624,809 2,352,850 498,098 Colombia 30,702 15,585 17,268 7,805 Venezuela 298,485 86,811 293,979 76,883 Other S/C A 208,324 61,915 197,116 57,105 Other Countries 1,525,937 576,095 785,233 255,416 India 755,914 260,107 226,389 62,799 South Africa 406,331 175,114 363,080 121,755 Other 363,692 140,874 195,764 70,861 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."