Exhibit 4: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products from Selected Countries and Areas: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding January 2006 January 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,184,355 2,208,689 2,634,812 2,054,261 North America 769,328 573,938 742,603 575,186 Canada 466,768 383,053 425,627 350,728 Mexico 302,560 190,886 316,976 224,458 Europe 897,667 661,267 600,815 548,899 European Union 404,484 433,307 356,062 395,514 Austria 19,602 34,979 8,809 17,471 Belgium 13,534 19,507 14,085 20,418 Czech Republic 3,536 7,270 5,823 3,819 Finland 8,235 7,492 7,414 8,629 France 37,631 47,849 40,388 45,722 Germany 67,739 90,443 103,134 96,234 Hungary (-) 5 1 3 Italy 49,933 51,055 33,327 50,529 Netherlands 19,614 10,382 44,444 29,848 Poland 2,404 1,956 1,954 2,258 Spain 41,905 34,261 33,542 28,512 Sweden 17,384 41,274 14,388 32,419 United Kingdom 88,903 64,729 34,513 45,049 Other EU 34,064 22,106 14,242 14,605 Moldova 1,038 902 (-) (-) Norway 5 42 1,533 1,385 Russia 271,355 112,855 57,445 36,332 Switzerland 974 4,438 1,123 3,347 Turkey 142,215 66,175 118,163 68,595 Ukraine 39,661 23,800 41,428 30,101 Other Europe 37,936 19,748 25,061 13,624 Euro Area 268,000 304,701 297,269 308,536 Pacific Rim Countries 1,028,392 678,724 673,829 542,241 Australia 177,690 61,854 51,605 29,972 China 312,070 192,369 210,135 151,652 Indonesia 4,727 3,042 3,427 2,568 Japan 171,770 161,254 108,671 116,174 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 321,088 240,358 240,344 205,017 Hong Kong 67 329 2,507 1,109 Korea 236,732 163,406 156,221 117,350 Singapore 123 653 47 128 Taiwan 84,165 75,969 81,568 86,430 Other Pacific Rim 41,047 19,848 59,648 36,857 South/Central America 298,766 170,302 452,872 265,860 Argentina 15,728 11,451 30,845 21,967 Brazil 210,255 111,541 343,309 194,861 Chile 1,650 1,103 1,254 1,328 Colombia 14,851 18,720 4,085 4,774 Venezuela 35,624 18,356 57,849 34,237 Other S/C A 20,659 9,132 15,530 8,693 Other Countries 190,202 124,458 164,692 122,075 Egypt 74,981 34,760 59,207 35,329 India 77,448 61,031 44,180 40,871 South Africa 32,936 24,834 27,274 21,501 Thailand 2,732 2,065 30,337 20,995 Other 2,105 1,767 3,694 3,379 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 February 2006 (CB-06-44)