Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 4: U.S. Imports for Consumption of 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 2005 October 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 24,293,952 19,644,305 26,716,372 16,982,480 North America 7,605,229 5,762,430 7,537,755 5,013,116 Canada 4,386,451 3,559,438 4,255,204 3,075,210 Mexico 3,218,778 2,202,992 3,282,550 1,937,907 Europe 7,264,730 6,607,781 9,065,248 5,982,293 European Union 4,249,833 4,771,134 4,582,905 3,692,884 Austria 176,247 296,859 150,047 163,467 Belgium 259,557 292,871 303,910 224,464 Czech Republic 101,740 91,182 171,336 88,608 Finland 57,002 75,597 68,736 56,408 France 414,436 508,818 474,781 395,258 Germany 1,164,544 1,148,245 1,152,096 857,706 Hungary 3,435 2,246 13,295 3,722 Italy 322,238 469,942 442,135 392,329 Netherlands 388,041 243,652 355,323 197,269 Poland 93,552 71,937 156,286 72,901 Spain 294,666 343,604 257,711 267,003 Sweden 241,394 463,576 164,876 286,985 United Kingdom 508,387 549,898 464,197 438,472 Other EU 224,592 212,707 408,176 248,291 Moldova 3,175 2,754 (-) (-) Norway 8,346 8,795 23,316 11,792 Russia 1,250,876 730,988 1,783,439 923,734 Switzerland 13,332 38,771 10,024 26,463 Turkey 996,260 516,780 1,673,586 805,505 Ukraine 445,795 343,271 394,658 220,379 Other Europe 297,113 195,289 597,320 301,536 Euro Area 3,241,717 3,523,872 3,443,532 2,704,211 Pacific Rim Countries 5,453,563 4,604,542 4,931,739 3,272,020 Australia 440,613 199,267 483,179 180,139 China 1,820,189 1,397,343 1,265,853 808,869 Indonesia 16,333 16,228 62,469 38,329 Japan 1,074,988 1,154,396 1,033,378 790,537 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 1,801,956 1,655,151 1,807,817 1,304,279 Hong Kong 4,996 4,752 315 809 Korea 1,354,124 1,080,359 1,212,105 738,120 Singapore 2,120 4,792 13,979 9,551 Taiwan 440,716 565,249 581,417 555,799 Other Pacific Rim 299,485 182,158 279,043 149,866 South/Central America 2,889,480 1,767,467 3,538,586 1,613,754 Argentina 237,447 163,144 239,927 141,295 Brazil 2,016,622 1,205,022 2,557,061 1,074,235 Chile 19,403 14,389 17,362 8,373 Colombia 82,519 91,769 75,731 64,149 Venezuela 396,931 222,627 282,662 149,419 Other S/C A 136,558 70,517 365,843 176,283 Other Countries 1,080,951 902,084 1,643,044 1,101,297 Egypt 171,888 101,769 372,019 199,460 India 448,303 456,069 756,200 587,890 South Africa 261,640 198,034 284,707 172,279 Thailand 171,692 120,094 151,849 89,323 Other 27,429 26,118 78,269 52,345 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 Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2005 (CB-05-181)