Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 4A: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Alloy Steel Products from Selected Countries and Areas: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding March 2003 March 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 813,582 489,654 993,407 559,766 North America 286,007 144,584 310,951 157,029 Canada 201,663 114,822 286,148 147,220 Mexico 84,344 29,762 24,803 9,809 Western Europe 203,494 165,308 262,595 204,115 Euro Area (2) 156,384 123,203 220,928 162,744 European Union 192,993 157,771 258,773 200,482 Austria 11,415 11,683 10,201 12,842 Belgium 4,308 2,995 4,301 3,345 Finland 3,880 2,019 10,474 3,267 France 23,004 25,819 31,855 28,802 Germany 80,459 57,345 133,152 90,758 Italy 10,112 8,660 9,177 9,038 Netherlands 4,905 2,690 6,836 3,391 Spain 17,715 11,763 14,902 11,221 Sweden 20,039 19,148 22,355 23,023 United Kingdom 16,571 15,420 15,448 14,696 Other EU 585 228 71 98 European Free Trade Association 1,143 1,899 1,035 1,588 Norway 0 0 5 5 Switzerland 1,143 1,899 1,030 1,584 Other EFTA 0 0 0 0 Turkey 7,642 3,494 1,566 491 Other Western Europe 1,717 2,144 1,221 1,554 Eastern Europe/FSR 21,759 14,573 22,758 13,690 Poland 4,778 2,522 488 359 Former Soviet Republics 7,312 5,002 12,423 7,903 Moldova 0 0 0 0 Ukraine 2,228 1,012 1,956 2,364 Russia 5,082 3,987 10,454 5,527 Other FSR 3 4 13 12 Other EE 9,669 7,049 9,847 5,429 Pacific Rim Countries 119,819 108,349 157,827 131,298 Australia 49 139 187 101 China 9,256 7,912 1,688 2,249 Indonesia 2,055 1,017 2,993 1,740 Japan 96,200 89,920 129,677 112,953 Korea 8,995 5,675 16,350 10,313 Taiwan 3,244 3,671 6,406 3,558 Other Pacific Rim 19 15 527 383 South/Central America 165,942 50,275 237,916 52,133 Argentina 2,108 2,403 2,338 2,689 Brazil 158,424 45,917 230,715 48,134 Colombia 1,062 758 183 73 Venezuela 59 59 0 0 Other S/C A 4,289 1,138 4,680 1,237 Other Countries 16,561 6,565 1,359 1,501 India 1,188 1,244 1,191 1,350 South Africa 7,780 1,808 0 0 Other 7,594 3,513 168 151 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.html. CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary April 2003 (CB-03-82)