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 November 2003 November 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,995,870 1,839,808 3,347,569 1,911,676 North America 1,082,390 532,218 1,167,598 607,915 Canada 817,426 433,239 1,039,071 556,788 Mexico 264,963 98,980 128,527 51,128 Western Europe 828,725 644,136 873,137 671,438 Euro Area (2) 669,213 491,740 730,423 530,335 European Union 796,389 617,956 855,868 655,210 Austria 46,612 49,514 41,541 45,233 Belgium 11,784 9,152 15,419 9,726 Finland 10,716 7,281 22,146 8,157 France 89,699 87,035 118,989 95,673 Germany 307,462 229,281 386,238 279,368 Italy 34,944 29,696 40,564 36,360 Netherlands 32,533 15,344 59,912 23,883 Spain 132,875 63,172 42,945 30,791 Sweden 69,866 69,953 69,883 70,873 United Kingdom 57,305 56,258 55,435 53,879 Other EU 2,593 1,270 2,798 1,269 European Free Trade Association 2,934 5,042 4,276 5,799 Norway 94 61 848 223 Switzerland 2,840 4,982 3,428 5,576 Other EFTA 0 0 0 0 Turkey 21,170 10,586 7,299 2,905 Other Western Europe 8,232 10,552 5,694 7,523 Eastern Europe/FSR 127,649 72,705 74,781 39,430 Poland 8,572 5,253 3,495 2,138 Former Soviet Republics 84,183 44,806 45,193 23,456 Moldova 0 0 0 0 Ukraine 13,789 6,597 8,368 5,917 Russia 32,971 27,570 24,799 14,764 Other FSR 37,423 10,638 12,026 2,775 Other EE 34,895 22,646 26,094 13,836 Pacific Rim Countries 446,145 406,744 421,388 387,655 Australia 144 557 590 1,112 China 49,928 36,756 13,238 11,192 Indonesia 6,540 4,746 4,318 2,698 Japan 346,569 330,170 338,878 329,955 Korea 32,985 20,876 48,067 28,473 Taiwan 9,938 13,581 15,760 13,827 Other Pacific Rim 41 59 537 397 South/Central America 482,862 169,783 804,736 199,588 Argentina 18,196 18,971 13,469 14,629 Brazil 448,373 144,478 765,624 177,895 Colombia 3,931 2,860 619 384 Venezuela 87 86 166 82 Other S/C A 12,274 3,389 24,858 6,598 Other Countries 28,099 14,221 5,928 5,649 India 9,069 7,096 4,452 4,819 South Africa 11,044 2,591 930 344 Other 7,985 4,534 546 486 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 December 2003 (CB-04-11)