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 October 2003 October 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,711,435 1,664,619 3,034,705 1,732,093 North America 983,445 484,048 1,064,726 555,639 Canada 740,089 393,363 956,426 511,465 Mexico 243,356 90,685 108,300 44,174 Western Europe 768,112 593,030 790,467 611,133 Euro Area (2) 617,510 451,309 666,302 484,876 European Union 736,740 568,175 776,926 597,179 Austria 43,600 45,891 35,738 40,115 Belgium 11,214 8,625 13,301 8,809 Finland 10,396 6,657 20,981 7,535 France 81,647 80,440 111,194 87,922 Germany 283,995 208,659 356,118 257,560 Italy 31,275 27,327 34,552 32,303 Netherlands 27,379 13,018 51,689 20,638 Spain 125,512 59,475 40,058 28,849 Sweden 64,821 65,162 61,529 63,912 United Kingdom 54,404 51,699 48,967 48,266 Other EU 2,496 1,223 2,798 1,269 European Free Trade Association 2,723 4,764 3,915 5,244 Norway 20 16 848 223 Switzerland 2,703 4,748 3,067 5,022 Other EFTA 0 0 0 0 Turkey 21,128 10,527 4,369 1,741 Other Western Europe 7,521 9,564 5,258 6,969 Eastern Europe/FSR 116,537 67,099 62,606 35,820 Poland 8,447 5,129 2,824 1,764 Former Soviet Republics 73,210 39,438 33,758 20,303 Moldova 0 0 0 0 Ukraine 13,788 6,595 7,257 5,372 Russia 29,458 24,338 24,496 14,290 Other FSR 29,964 8,505 2,005 641 Other EE 34,879 22,533 26,023 13,753 Pacific Rim Countries 396,565 359,210 390,183 350,790 Australia 138 536 577 1,066 China 46,311 33,581 12,718 10,533 Indonesia 3,677 2,249 4,318 2,698 Japan 309,323 292,418 310,923 296,494 Korea 28,268 18,234 46,140 26,915 Taiwan 8,807 12,133 14,969 12,686 Other Pacific Rim 41 59 537 397 South/Central America 418,850 147,201 721,113 173,407 Argentina 17,329 17,952 11,789 12,939 Brazil 387,083 123,646 685,743 154,014 Colombia 3,557 2,533 600 370 Venezuela 87 86 131 51 Other S/C A 10,793 2,984 22,850 6,033 Other Countries 27,927 14,032 5,610 5,304 India 8,959 6,958 4,178 4,509 South Africa 11,044 2,591 930 344 Other 7,923 4,483 503 451 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 November 2003 (CB-03-196)