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 December 2003 December 2002 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,218,350 1,983,750 3,637,756 2,087,156 North America 1,166,398 573,613 1,258,698 662,041 Canada 879,130 465,464 1,123,405 607,449 Mexico 287,268 108,149 135,293 54,592 Western Europe 906,914 704,634 953,006 731,192 Euro Area (2) 725,010 533,360 799,351 576,609 European Union 870,255 675,107 934,270 712,942 Austria 48,639 52,960 44,911 48,777 Belgium 14,100 9,834 17,380 10,747 Finland 11,021 8,006 22,354 8,367 France 99,787 96,026 125,946 103,514 Germany 331,698 247,377 420,867 303,816 Italy 36,664 31,844 46,412 40,039 Netherlands 37,883 18,191 65,585 26,164 Spain 142,556 67,831 52,670 33,810 Sweden 81,398 79,493 73,994 76,733 United Kingdom 63,844 62,248 60,797 59,476 Other EU 2,666 1,297 3,355 1,500 European Free Trade Association 3,087 5,257 4,530 6,179 Norway 94 63 849 226 Switzerland 2,992 5,194 3,681 5,953 Other EFTA 0 0 0 0 Turkey 24,508 12,557 7,299 2,905 Other Western Europe 9,064 11,714 6,907 9,165 Eastern Europe/FSR 143,795 79,919 81,339 43,988 Poland 8,791 5,432 3,834 2,306 Former Soviet Republics 95,600 49,237 49,356 26,645 Moldova 0 0 0 0 Ukraine 14,801 7,187 9,316 6,264 Russia 34,963 29,006 28,014 17,605 Other FSR 45,836 13,044 12,026 2,775 Other EE 39,405 25,250 28,149 15,038 Pacific Rim Countries 482,060 435,691 460,622 419,827 Australia 157 609 622 1,157 China 55,579 41,534 14,349 12,414 Indonesia 9,343 6,871 4,318 2,698 Japan 370,785 348,768 371,122 356,426 Korea 34,927 22,514 52,633 31,538 Taiwan 11,172 15,267 17,040 15,196 Other Pacific Rim 96 127 537 397 South/Central America 490,671 175,264 877,862 224,175 Argentina 19,158 20,127 13,741 15,098 Brazil 454,767 148,521 833,734 196,260 Colombia 4,127 3,015 1,090 721 Venezuela 106 97 173 91 Other S/C A 12,512 3,504 29,124 12,004 Other Countries 28,512 14,628 6,228 5,932 India 9,445 7,468 4,708 5,067 South Africa 11,051 2,597 930 344 Other 8,017 4,562 590 520 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 January 2004 (CB-04-28)