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 May 2003 May 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,364,308 838,074 1,491,199 868,408 North America 515,218 257,601 521,986 266,473 Canada 385,159 210,803 481,005 249,209 Mexico 130,059 46,798 40,981 17,263 Western Europe 389,782 298,212 384,986 311,784 Euro Area (2) 309,098 224,494 319,761 246,303 European Union 372,132 284,910 379,002 305,053 Austria 19,119 19,912 18,673 20,954 Belgium 6,947 5,080 5,534 4,517 Finland 6,784 3,524 13,291 4,217 France 42,996 44,383 45,762 43,071 Germany 149,570 106,183 176,559 132,208 Italy 16,670 13,994 17,626 16,540 Netherlands 7,948 4,182 12,865 5,786 Spain 58,412 26,920 28,587 18,636 Sweden 36,288 35,015 32,309 33,399 United Kingdom 26,746 25,400 26,889 25,331 Other EU 652 316 907 394 European Free Trade Association 1,671 2,937 1,736 2,816 Norway 0 0 12 14 Switzerland 1,671 2,937 1,724 2,802 Other EFTA 0 0 0 0 Turkey 12,079 5,604 1,594 520 Other Western Europe 3,900 4,761 2,653 3,395 Eastern Europe/FSR 32,629 22,790 33,406 20,082 Poland 5,283 2,854 1,210 728 Former Soviet Republics 16,358 11,412 19,447 12,453 Moldova 0 0 0 0 Ukraine 6,095 3,268 5,144 3,876 Russia 10,260 8,140 13,014 8,127 Other FSR 3 4 1,290 451 Other EE 10,988 8,524 12,749 6,900 Pacific Rim Countries 192,041 182,720 217,388 194,135 Australia 82 254 230 331 China 22,013 16,029 7,957 6,361 Indonesia 2,055 1,017 4,206 2,600 Japan 147,796 149,042 174,635 164,311 Korea 15,362 10,548 21,591 13,953 Taiwan 4,695 5,793 8,242 6,193 Other Pacific Rim 38 36 527 385 South/Central America 213,273 68,071 331,435 73,739 Argentina 3,582 4,114 4,408 5,423 Brazil 201,899 60,938 316,323 65,624 Colombia 1,953 1,363 203 89 Venezuela 64 67 0 0 Other S/C A 5,775 1,589 10,501 2,603 Other Countries 21,366 8,680 1,999 2,195 India 2,720 2,544 1,706 1,919 South Africa 11,012 2,578 0 0 Other 7,634 3,558 293 276 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 June 2003 (CB-03-115)