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 November 2005 November 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 26,479,121 21,377,107 29,831,777 19,259,298 North America 8,331,179 6,299,787 8,172,047 5,506,014 Canada 4,875,837 3,936,068 4,627,279 3,378,749 Mexico 3,455,342 2,363,718 3,544,768 2,127,265 Europe 8,027,744 7,232,346 10,218,331 6,868,289 European Union 4,716,306 5,254,665 5,068,944 4,176,436 Austria 201,577 332,780 164,285 182,784 Belgium 286,650 314,197 347,111 268,936 Czech Republic 106,152 95,595 173,597 89,865 Finland 59,865 83,611 78,294 62,971 France 483,123 578,441 518,777 440,912 Germany 1,262,404 1,262,681 1,260,106 959,395 Hungary 5,093 2,977 14,326 4,394 Italy 391,410 532,246 496,596 448,096 Netherlands 442,883 276,015 406,725 227,602 Poland 100,600 76,694 157,598 74,383 Spain 327,928 370,111 300,574 321,061 Sweden 270,149 513,012 181,752 322,841 United Kingdom 526,889 579,189 529,623 500,750 Other EU 251,583 237,115 439,579 272,446 Moldova 3,695 3,192 (-) (-) Norway 12,680 12,353 25,293 16,648 Russia 1,361,167 775,929 2,107,573 1,112,262 Switzerland 14,329 42,308 11,082 29,411 Turkey 1,122,631 575,210 1,891,810 928,662 Ukraine 476,341 356,374 409,210 235,092 Other Europe 320,596 212,314 704,419 369,778 Euro Area 3,634,743 3,906,722 3,824,509 3,072,829 Pacific Rim Countries 5,874,002 4,989,599 5,663,095 3,794,393 Australia 495,191 218,452 544,840 212,832 China 1,946,624 1,519,361 1,412,210 917,927 Indonesia 16,450 16,542 63,252 39,039 Japan 1,152,421 1,257,122 1,172,339 910,643 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 1,951,407 1,789,743 2,085,815 1,535,356 Hong Kong 5,080 5,046 337 890 Korea 1,459,387 1,167,093 1,339,231 838,766 Singapore 2,227 5,154 14,021 9,675 Taiwan 484,713 612,450 732,226 686,025 Other Pacific Rim 311,909 188,378 384,639 178,596 South/Central America 3,063,793 1,869,356 3,901,163 1,820,859 Argentina 249,750 173,775 269,935 163,944 Brazil 2,137,507 1,269,104 2,804,921 1,203,669 Chile 19,992 14,827 18,071 8,967 Colombia 93,300 102,492 81,870 71,710 Venezuela 403,291 227,236 349,397 189,489 Other S/C A 159,954 81,923 376,968 183,081 Other Countries 1,182,404 986,019 1,877,141 1,269,743 Egypt 171,994 101,857 417,954 227,785 India 517,389 518,636 842,350 657,523 South Africa 279,412 210,385 325,738 203,339 Thailand 182,963 126,564 207,366 124,421 Other 30,646 28,577 83,733 56,675 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 December 2005 (CB-06-11)