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. September 2000 September 1999 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 27,643,677 11,809,459 24,037,407 9,294,566 North America 6,121,530 2,928,881 5,817,686 2,519,072 Canada 3,748,408 2,007,737 3,453,039 1,747,550 Mexico 2,373,123 921,144 2,364,647 771,522 Western Europe 5,618,484 3,330,211 4,661,561 2,543,515 Euro Area 4,231,833 2,530,390 3,726,817 1,958,029 European Union 4,898,223 3,102,125 4,309,152 2,422,447 Austria 117,020 101,147 55,831 56,423 Belgium 378,460 245,895 268,884 156,127 Finland 135,665 53,198 187,037 58,718 France 655,242 436,958 773,850 434,247 Germany 1,329,779 805,887 1,144,159 610,701 Italy 370,199 260,648 181,492 140,239 Netherlands 623,246 228,152 569,193 192,386 Spain 403,340 294,517 410,232 239,314 Sweden 132,899 215,411 140,837 186,159 United Kingdom 478,897 329,594 407,552 261,788 Other EU 273,476 130,719 170,085 86,345 European Free Trade Association 130,382 54,189 37,010 34,659 Norway 71,648 21,059 28,249 17,879 Switzerland 6,422 15,391 8,719 16,765 Other EFTA 52,311 17,739 42 16 Turkey 498,538 135,117 295,320 71,257 Other Western Europe 91,341 38,780 20,079 15,151 Eastern Europe/FSR 3,995,090 993,836 2,548,438 578,339 Poland 248,631 73,152 89,961 19,328 Former Soviet Republics 3,121,558 742,162 2,003,393 441,224 Moldova 333,620 70,269 251,077 51,981 Ukraine 1,275,463 271,184 494,005 88,354 Russia 1,012,528 286,719 858,127 219,952 Other FSR 499,947 113,990 400,185 80,938 Other EE 624,900 178,522 455,083 117,787 Pacific Rim Countries 6,690,912 2,920,739 6,524,121 2,542,518 Australia 650,011 164,887 584,413 114,304 China 1,048,663 349,628 432,755 138,666 Indonesia 288,647 86,180 365,884 87,518 Japan 1,546,705 949,500 2,242,780 1,147,604 Korea 1,958,231 780,243 2,086,928 701,490 Taiwan 994,445 511,814 646,962 299,510 Other Pacific Rim 204,212 78,487 164,400 53,425 South/Central America 3,560,791 1,008,323 3,578,002 820,979 Argentina 265,766 108,267 308,380 88,822 Brazil 2,705,698 714,613 2,643,466 558,260 Colombia 37,564 19,153 18,771 8,390 Venezuela 329,227 99,387 351,779 92,385 Other S/C A 222,535 66,904 255,605 73,123 Other Countries 1,656,871 627,469 907,600 290,143 India 807,613 279,143 288,455 77,868 South Africa 450,715 194,600 407,766 135,815 Other 398,543 153,725 211,379 76,460 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."