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 2005 December 2004 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 4,295,770 4,541,753 3,737,124 2,993,238 North America 1,565,746 1,337,008 1,315,323 900,763 Canada 1,112,442 1,033,120 999,634 722,945 Mexico 453,304 303,888 315,688 177,818 Europe 1,555,982 1,925,997 1,342,118 1,226,024 European Union 1,309,854 1,658,738 1,187,057 1,081,175 Austria 85,320 147,984 69,019 80,419 Belgium 34,400 50,790 23,278 23,443 Czech Republic 34,797 35,906 41,974 27,721 Finland 13,264 16,269 11,089 12,354 France 135,345 215,443 127,903 139,316 Germany 384,817 483,704 324,749 285,457 Hungary 8 43 3 9 Italy 57,310 87,910 37,893 46,796 Netherlands 87,626 60,475 73,642 49,819 Poland 19,667 25,850 13,141 10,774 Spain 152,544 132,924 119,929 94,565 Sweden 157,822 227,716 129,936 148,978 United Kingdom 98,162 122,542 95,208 102,283 Other EU 48,772 51,181 119,292 59,241 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 100 620 2,736 5,043 Russia 93,428 113,323 73,557 64,145 Switzerland 1,473 3,505 2,003 3,536 Turkey 12,170 12,821 28,317 21,141 Ukraine 79,299 89,512 29,947 38,077 Other Europe 59,658 47,479 18,501 12,906 Euro Area 954,773 1,198,904 793,705 736,073 Pacific Rim Countries 709,266 916,668 589,437 596,230 Australia 983 2,458 829 1,439 China 135,528 175,926 59,893 64,994 Indonesia 1,616 2,010 3,509 3,194 Japan 473,135 613,697 470,317 465,282 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 97,960 122,527 54,872 61,311 Hong Kong 12 35 41 96 Korea 81,726 80,679 39,710 36,390 Singapore 944 714 2 21 Taiwan 15,278 41,099 15,119 24,804 Other Pacific Rim 43 51 17 10 South/Central America 438,648 331,166 477,323 257,118 Argentina 13,211 25,449 24,784 27,926 Brazil 406,082 289,008 433,454 210,257 Chile 297 471 69 42 Colombia 9,035 8,785 3,495 3,678 Venezuela 1,881 2,034 3,768 3,916 Other S/C A 8,141 5,419 11,753 11,300 Other Countries 26,128 30,913 12,923 13,102 Egypt 5 5 (-) (-) India 18,223 23,042 7,919 7,179 South Africa 5,685 6,064 3,124 1,950 Thailand 1,715 1,092 514 467 Other 500 711 1,366 3,507 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 January 2006 (CB-06-29)